CHAKWAL, March 28: Provincial Minister for Public Health Engineering Sardar Hassan Akhtar Moakal said on Wednesday that the government was spending billions of rupees on different schemes to provide all basic amenities of life to the people of the far-flung areas.

He was talking to the newsmen after inspecting various water supply schemes of the district.

Briefing the minister about water supply schemes, Executive Engineer (XEN) Public Health Chaudhry Zahid said that work on 43 different water supply schemes were underway and 80 per cent work have been completed so far.

He said the government has allocated Rs350 million for these water supply schemes.

On the occasion, the provincial minister said that Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was taking keen interest in and making hectic efforts to provide all basic necessities of life to the people of the area.—APP

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