Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has rejected the proposal of increasing the rate of water for domestic consumers. While presiding over a meeting of Governing Body of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) here on Thursday, he also directed the concerned staff to remove illegal water connections.
Thus, it was decided in the meeting to give a 45-day relaxation for self-disconnection of illegal connections and after which indiscriminate action will be initiated against the violators. Punjab Housing Minister Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed, LDA Vice Chairman Sheikh Muhammad Imran, Planning and Development Chairman, provincial secretaries, Commissioner Lahore Division and members of governing body attended the meeting.
The meeting also accorded approval to receive charges from the companies selling bottled water. On housing schemes, Buzdar said he will not approve any scheme without going through it and every plan will be personally examined by him.
He also directed the concern officials to constitute legal, financial and human resource committees of LDA, adding that facility centres of LDA should be set up in Nankana Sahib, Sheikhpura and Kasur soon so that citizens could be saved from trouble of visiting Lahore. The meeting informed the Chief Minister that a ban has been imposed on the usage of drinking water for car-wash service stations and an extension has been given to these stations to install water recycling plants.
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