LAHORE: The Punjab government has started a mega project of water supply and drainage in Sargodha, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan with the support of the World Bank to resolve the water supply and sewerage problems of these cities by 2050.

The project will be completed under the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Project (PICIIP), said Punjab Local Government Minister Zeeshan Rafiq while presiding over a meeting here on Tuesday. Provincial legislator Samiullah Khan and Punjab Local Government Secretary Shakeel Ahmad Mian were present at the meeting.

On this occasion, Project Director Hamza Salik, while briefing the minister on the ongoing programme with the support of the World Bank, told the meeting that the DREAM II project will cost USD 355 million.

While addressing the meeting, the minister further said that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif would soon inaugurate this people-friendly project and expressed satisfaction that water supply and sewerage projects are being completed in Sialkot and Sahiwal under PICIIP.

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