LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar paid a surprise visit to different areas of the provincial metropolis without protocol or security late at night for three hours.
During the visit, he telephonically directed the Deputy Commissioner Lahore to shift people found sleeping in a park near Liberty to the shelter home. The CM also reviewed the steps taken for implementation of smart lockdown and, while expressing indignation over the presence of garbage in some areas, telephonically directed the LWMC officials to improve the cleanliness arrangements.
The CM talked to the confined accused and reprimanded the officials over poor sanitation conditions during raids at Mughalpura and Shadman police stations.
He directed to improve the cleanliness and enquired the visitors about their problems. He put up questions to front desk staff about the confined accused and flicked through the daily work register besides checking attendance.
Later, the CM inspected a shelter home near the city’s railway station and questioned the inmates about their problems and the facilities provided to them.
They expressed satisfaction over the quality of food and other amenities. Solving the citizen’s problems is the responsibility of the government and I will continue to conduct such inspections to know about the problems of the people at the grassroots, the CM stated.
