Covid-19: Wall of Heroes to be created in Governor's House: Sarwar

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has announced creating a "Wall of Heroes" in the Governor's House to pay tribute to those, who came forward to help people in need in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

"Whole nation would be responsible for deaths due to COVID-19 following not taking proper protective measures, we need to take protective measures to save the nation from some major catastrophe," he said while addressing a press conference along with VCs of different universities, here Thursday.

To a question, the Governor said that Aab-e-Pak Authority would be authorized to impose fine and award confinement up to two years to the owners of companies found guilty of selling unsafe drinking water to people.

The governor said that the meeting held with VCs finalized a programme to teach Holy Quran with translation in all universities in the province. He said this programme of teaching Quran with translation would soon be started in all university across the country.

The governor regretted that people had come out of their homes, soon after lockdown restrictions were eased, as if they had defeated the coronavirus. He said the government had taken massive measures to protect masses from the dreadful coronavirus but it had to ease the lockdown to save people from economic bankruptcy. He said that he was worried only because the number of coronavirus-positive cases was increasing and there was no option but to take protective measures.

Replying to a question, the governor said the Governor's House in collaboration with the Punjab Development Network had so far distributed ration among over one million poor families.