Four Nursing colleges, hospitals on the cards

LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Thursday rejected the proposal of increasing the fare of metro buses saying that we do not want to put any burden on the people as providing relief to the citizens is our responsibility.

The chief minister expressed these views while presiding over a meeting of cabinet standing committee on finance & development at his office. The meeting approved to grant financial aid to the legal heirs in case of death of contract employees during service. A sum of Rs1.6 million will be given to the heirs of deceased contract employees of Grade-I to Grade-IV while Rs1.9 million will be given to the heirs of contract employees of Grade-V to Grade-X. Similarly, Rs2.2 million for contract employees of Grade-11 to Grade-15, Rs2.5 million for the heirs of contract employees of Grade-16 and Grade-17 and Rs3.4 million will be given to the heirs of contract employees of Grade-18 and Grade-19. Financial aid worth Rs4 million will be provided to the heirs in case of death of contract employees of Grade-20 and above.

The chief minister rejected the proposal of increasing the fare of metro buses adding that we do not want to put any burden on the people as providing relief to the citizens is our responsibility.

The Punjab Masstransit Authority should look for other feasible options to enhance their resources instead of increasing the fare, he added. The meeting also approved to complete the necessary process for the recruitment of new MD of Punjab Masstransit Authority. Permission was also granted for recruitment in digital media wing of DGPR Punjab, dengue control programme and special monitoring unit. Similarly, operationalisation of silos for storing wheat in DG Khan was approved and direction was given to take immediate steps in this regard. The meeting decided to establish nursing colleges and mother & child hospitals in Attock, Bahawalnagar, Layyah, Mianwali and Rajanpur Districts. Approval was given for carpeting of by-pass road in front of Faisalabad Garments City and small development project of the health department. The meeting decided to give Rs300 million grant to Wasa Rawalpindi along with the inclusion of development schemes of different provincial government departments in the next ADP. The meeting approved to establish shelter-home in Taunsa Sharif tehsil of DG Khan along with the release of funds for DHQ Hospital, Chakwal.