Govt to install 1,500 water filtration plants in Punjab: Farrukh
Last updated on: 10 August,2021 05:39 am
Farrukh Habib said every project is being executed transparently and on merit by present government.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Monday said that the government is installing 1,500 clean drinking water filtration plants in 36 districts of Punjab, Dunya News reported.
Briefing the media persons, Farrukh Habib said that previous PML-N government led by Shehbaz Sharif had committed massive corruption in the then Punjab Saaf Pani Company (now Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority-PbAPA).
He disclosed that last PML-N government had installed 116 water filtration plants under its Punjab Saaf Pani Company with exorbitant cost of Rs 7.5 billion which means Rs 65 million cost per plant, while PTI government was installing water filtration plants under Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority at a cost of Rs 3 million only, and so far a total of Rs 4 billion had been spent on water filtration plants.
“This is the difference between PTI and PML-N way of governance, and a true change (Tabdili) as every project is being executed transparently and on merit by the present government. The way of thinking and vision of PTI leadership is only and only ensuring better public service delivery and equitable utilization of public exchequer,” he added.
Farrukh Habib further said that one could better understand standards and merits of PML-N government from the fact that N-League leadership had preferred to establish Punjab Saaf Pani Company office in a plaza owned by relatives of Shehbaz Sharif then Chief Minister of Punjab.