Local Government Minister Zeeshan Rafique has announced that sale points set up for sacrificial animals will become functional across Punjab from Friday, June 7.
To provide relief to the public, the sale points would be operated on no-profit no loss basis.
During his visit to Faisalabad with Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Political Affairs Zeeshan Ashiq Malik he presided over a meeting of district officers and public representatives at the commissioner’s office and said that for effective cleaning arrangements on Eid-ul-Azha, the leaves of municipal staff had been banned for 13 days. This ban will start 10 days before and three days after the Eid.
During the meeting at the commissioner’s office, Suthra Punjab programme and the Eid cleaning plan was also reviewed. Commissioner Faisalabad Silwat Saeed, Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Neyar Sheikh and chief officers of municipal bodies gave briefing. Addressing the meeting, Provincial Local Government Minister Zeeshan Rafique said that the goal of the Suthra Punjab program is to dump more than 57,000 tons of garbage being produced daily across the province.
