Funds release issue: SC seeks progress details of committee on water treatment plants

The Supreme Court on Saturday sought progress of a committee formed to decide release of funds for four water treatment plants in the city. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar expressed concern over delay in completion of the projects and said the court wanted to see results.
The CJP directed the provincial minister for Housing and Urban Development Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed to also accompany the chief minister Punjab to Islamabad as the court could summon him on next hearing to be held on December 05.
Eerier, Advocate General Punjab told the court that the government had constituted a committee to oversee funds issues for the construction of four water treatment plants at Shahdara, Shadbagh, Babu Sabu and Mehmood Booti.
The minister stated that the government had to see the feasibility of the projects as billion of rupees were required for their completion. Chief Justice observed that the matter of adulterated water pertained to public importance and the court would not allow the government to scrap it. "The government might have experience of few months but we have been sitting here for the last 21 years. And we know how funds are released for projects," CJP Mian Saqib Nisar told the minister.