CM Maryam gives Suthra Punjab contractors a week to improve performance

LAHORE  –  Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has given sanitation compa­nies seven days to ensure adequate staffing and ma­chinery under the Suthra Punjab programme, direct­ing authorities to remove underperforming pri­vate contractors and acti­vate self-operated services within a week.

Chairing a special meet­ing on sanitation arrange­ments across the province, she sought a comprehen­sive, area-wise cleanliness plan along with a progress report on the programme by next week.

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The meeting reviewed the performance of sanita­tion companies, waste col­lection and transportation systems, workforce avail­ability and field monitor­ing arrangements.

The chief minister direct­ed officials to implement the Suthra Punjab beat system across the province within seven days. She or­dered that sanitation com­panies achieving less than 80 per cent performance in any tehsil be issued warn­ings, while those scoring below 50 per cent should be removed.

She also ordered the ter­mination of non-perform­ing private contractors and the activation of self-oper­ated sanitation services within the stipulated time frame. Emphasising the rights of sanitation work­ers, Ms Maryam direct­ed officials to ensure pay­ment of their outstanding dues and said the arrears should be recovered from defaulting companies. She stressed that workers must not suffer because of contractors’ unpaid lia­bilities and called for a le­gal mechanism to ensure timely payment of salaries.

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The chief minister fur­ther directed authori­ties to ensure cleanliness in rural areas at least ev­ery alternate day and re­move accumulated gar­bage from villages. She sought detailed weekly reports from every tehsil on workforce availabili­ty, machinery deployed at the beat level and field monitoring officers to as­sess operational perfor­mance. The meeting was informed that assistant commissioners and the relevant Suthra Punjab in-charges in each tehsil would be held responsi­ble for failures in sanita­tion services.

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Anti-littering squads were operating in every division and had conduct­ed 264,000 visits, during which warnings were is­sued and awareness raised about violations of sani­tation standard operating procedures, the meeting was told.

The chief minister re­viewed cleanliness re­ports from various tehsils and commended Chakwal Deputy Commissioner Sar­ah Hayat and her team for their performance.

The meeting also consid­ered a proposal to intro­duce a dedicated mobile application for Suthra Pun­jab workers.

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