Punjab Gives DCs Three Days to Fix Hospitals, Warns the Rest

Key Points:

Chief minister chairs a performance review of deputy commissioners in Lahore
Eight districts praised for the best performance; warnings issued to others
Three days given to improve hospitals, with daily hospital visits ordered
Complete stop ordered to crop-residue burning across the province
Punjab to be made encroachment-free; plot dumping to end in cases

LAHORE: Punjab’s deputy commissioners have been given three days to improve hospitals in their districts. A province-wide performance review praised eight districts for the best work. Others were warned over burning crop residues and unfinished beautification work.

Special Assistant Shoaib Mirza, who heads the Punjab Performance Management Unit, presented the key performance indicator report of every district at the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif.

The chief minister praised the deputy commissioners of Murree, Gujranwala, Attock, Bahawalpur, Chakwal, Jhelum, Layyah and Sahiwal for the best performance.

CM Maryam Nawaz addresses officials at the deputy commissioners' performance review meeting

Officials attend the performance review meeting of deputy commissioners in Lahore

Deputy commissioners join the performance review meeting through video link

She gave all deputy commissioners three days to improve the condition of hospitals in their districts. Deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners were directed to visit hospitals daily.

The chief minister ordered a complete stop to the burning of crop residues across the province. The deputy commissioners of Okara and some other districts were warned for failing to control such incidents.

She expressed displeasure over slackness in the completion and quality of beautification plans in some districts. Every beautification scheme, she directed, must ensure durability and quality, with fountains and other water features included.

Special squads for governance and road maintenance will be set up under her directions. The squads will stay on inspection for 12 hours and take immediate steps to resolve problems.

She directed that street lights be made fully functional and every manhole covered. Necessary steps were also ordered for zebra crossings and school safety.

Assistant commissioners were directed to take immediate steps to have water filtration plants repaired. General bus terminals and green bus shades, she directed, will be built, repaired and kept clean.

“Carelessness by deputy commissioners and the administration dents my credibility,” the chief minister said. “Lane marking, painted buildings and clean roads create the impression of a good city,” she added.

Carelessness by deputy commissioners and the administration dents my credibility.

Owners dumping garbage on open plots will be warned first and fined heavily at the second stage. At the third stage, she directed, cases will be registered against them.

She ordered that Punjab be made free of encroachments through a joint operation. Wall chalking, torn banners and small advertisements will also be removed from walls, she directed.

The chief minister ordered daily deep cleaning of hospitals and daily washing of roads. Directions were also issued to bring stray dogs under control across the province.

Deputy commissioners were directed to visit universities and colleges and brief students on development projects and government schemes. Every deputy commissioner will prepare a district economic plan for his district, she directed.

The meeting reviewed beautification projects of Khanewal, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Nankana Sahib, Rawalpindi, Gujrat and Rahim Yar Khan in detail. Gujranwala’s deputy commissioner was praised for an excellent beautification project.

Nankana Sahib was directed to complete four beautification plans by November. Rawalpindi’s deputy commissioner was asked to pay attention to green belts.

The chief minister expressed displeasure in Rahim Yar Khan, where schemes under the beautification project differed from the original plans. Gujrat’s deputy commissioner was directed to include new schemes in the project.

She directed that food streets and food carts be allotted to better individuals and companies.

The meeting also reviewed e-Biz, dog-bite incidents, Suthra Punjab, hospitals and schools. Reports on price control, road and street safety and public facilities were also presented.

Development monitoring, regulation and enforcement, urban order, Clean and Green Punjab, public places and citizen services were also reviewed.

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