The Senior Minister, Raja Riaz Ahmad has said that the government was spending Rs 6,760 million on sustained urban development and improvement of people's lifestyle in the province. He was talking to an assembly of public representatives, Councillors of Local Bodies and MPAs at his office on Sunday.
Appraising of the meeting about the government's reform agenda and policies to make urban masses engineer the economic growth, he said that the government has check-marked the provision of useful services in five city districts through financial support to specialised the institutions like development authorities, Wasa and City District Governments.
The provincial government also gave Rs 30 million for identification, master planning and development of intermediate cities in Punjab, he disclosed. This intervention will discourage migration and reduce pressure on civic amenities of large cities, he maintained. Further, the Government is also prioritising basic services like water supply, sewerage and roads in Katchi Abbadis with an amount of Rs 2000 million, the Minister said.