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Wasa Managing Director Raja Shaukat Mehmood has said the most dangerous area along Leh Nullah is Gawalmandi where special efforts are being made to clean drains. File Photo
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has released Rs30 million to clean areas along Leh Nullah to avoid flooding during the upcoming monsoon season. All civic bodies have been directed to coordinate and prepare for monsoon.
This was discussed in a meeting, held to review arrangements for the monsoon season with Commissioner Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah in the chair. The meeting was attended by Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Managing Director Raja Shaukat Mehmood, Rescue 1122 director, RWMC Managing Director Awais Manzoor Tarar, Local Government Department Director Amna Raffique and other officials concerned.
‘Salam Sanitation Day’ held
April 2, 2021
Rawalpindi : Sanitary workers are like our front-line soldiers who carry out their responsibilities in the field during all festivals and severe weather conditions, said Commissioner Rawalpindi Captain (r) Muhammad Mehmood Thursday. We should all appreciate the services of the sanitary workers and pay tribute to them as they are diligently carrying out their responsibilities for our convenience and help, he expressed while talking to the sanitary workers at a simple and brief ceremony in connection with ‘Salam Sanitation Day’ at Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) here.
The commissioner personally visited all the sanitary workers on their seats and encouraged them and presented them with roses and boxes of sweets. He said sanitation arrangements in Rawalpindi have improved significantly and are much better than other major cities and all this could not be possible without the efforts of sanitary workers.
RMC approves revised budget of Rs2.58b
Development budget increased by Rs800m as tax recoveries surge
Vendors have set up stalls of shoes on a street in Rawalpindi, which according to local traders is possible on payment of grati-fication to RMC officials. PHOTO: EXPRESS
RAWALPINDI:
The Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) has approved a revised budget of Rs2.58 billion for the current financial year 2020-21.
The revised budget was prepared on the basis of revenue generated on the account of millions of rupees of composition fee collected for the regularisation of illegal constructions and tax of transfer of property. This was stated in a meeting chaired by Rawalpindi Commissioner Muhammad Mahmood.
RMC to take action against tax defaulters
Operation against defaulters starts next week
Teams conducted raids and the properties of tax defaulters were sealed. CREATIVE COMMONS
RAWALPINDI:
The Rawalpindi Commissioner Muhammad Mehmood has directed the Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) to seal the plazas whose owners have violated building bylaws and, despite being issued notices, failed to pay dues.
Chairing a meeting held at the RMC office the other day, he directed the authorities to finalise arrangements to launch a crackdown against the violators as the owners of several plazas were misusing the space meant for parking lots in violation of the bylaws.