‘Clean water to become available to more than 40m people in Punjab’

LAHORE: Shahbaz Sharif has said that potable water is the right of every citizen and Punjab government will give this right to the people through Saaf Pani Project.
He said that Saaf Pani Project was directly linked to the health of the masses and this project was of vital importance in this regard. He said that an amount of Rs70 billion would be spent during the next three years on this project of public interest. He said that work would be carried out on this big project speedily while transparency and standard would also be maintained.
The chief minister expressed these views while presiding over a meeting here Thursday which reviewed the progress of Punjab Saaf Pani Project. Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that potable water would become available to more than 40 million people of villages of Punjab during next three years. He said that a sum of Rs11 billion would be spent on Saaf Pani Project during current fiscal year. He said that work on this project had been started in four districts of Bahawalpur region of South Punjab, including Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Lodhran and Bahawalpur. He said that third party audit would be compulsory for ensuring transparency and standard of the project.
He directed that dashboard with regard to the project should be prepared and digital mapping of the entire project should be carried out. He said he would not allow extension of any kind in the timeline fixed for the project and it should be completed within timeline already given.