KHANEWAL: Thirty municipal officers and engineers from five municipal committees of south Punjab attended a three-day skill development workshop to enhance their capacity on executing development initiatives to upgrade the lifestyle of the people and ensure good governance on Friday, the concluding day.
The workshop was organized by Punjab Development Municipal Committee Fund under Punjab Cities Program to enhance their skills on finance management, urban infrastructure, procurement and environment social management.
Chief officers and engineers from Bahawalnagar, Burewala, Khanewal, Kot Addu, and Vehari.
Director Local Government Muhammad Farooq said that LG department was executing Punjab Cities Program with US$ 236 million funding from World Bank. Development initiatives like water supply, parks, expansion and beautification of cross-sections, road schemes, street lights and solid waste management schemes were under execution, he added.
Farooq said that completion of these schemes would elevate lifestyle of 4 million people living in sixteen municipal committee and would directly benefit them through improved municipal services.
Deputy director LG Khanewal Shahid Iqbal and other officials were present.