Development budget increased despite difficulties: Buzdar.

LAHORE -- Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Wednesday said the development budget had been increased worth Rs 5 billion despite difficult economic conditions and the pace of development would not affect due to coronavirus pandemic.

Talking to MPAs from Attock, Rawalpindi, Jhelum and other cities at his office, he assured that fruits of development would reach every district of the province and there would be no discrimination in the distribution of development funds for the districts. Ongoing development projects would be completed on priority and proposals of assembly members would be given importance in this regard, he added.

The Chief Minister said that DHQ and THQ hospitals would be upgraded, adding that new mother-and-child hospitals would be constructed with an amount of Rs 11.5 billion. Similarly, one billion rupees had been provided for the provision of health facilities in 196 BHUs, he added.

He said that different projects including water treatment plants and supply and drainage of wastewater would also be completed in 16 districts with an amount of 32 billion rupees whereas wastewater treatment plants would be installed in five districts.

The Punjab Municipal Programme had been started for providing basic local bodies facilities with an amount of 23 billion rupees, he added. He said that 10 billion rupees had been earmarked in the new budget for the completion of phase-2 of Naya Pakistan, Manzalain Aasan Programme...