OMBUDSMAN PUNJAB MAJ (R) AZAM SULEMAN KHAN TOOK 164 OWN-MOTION NOTICES IN JULY TO RESOLVE PUBLIC PROBLEMS—SPOKESMAN

The provincial Ombudsman Punjab, Maj (r) Azam Suleman Khan took notice of 1674 cases on his own motion in the month of July to provide relief to the general public resolving collective public problems of community all over the Punjab. The administration of the respective districts spent a total amount of Rs.1,613,588,312 to resolve 35 diverse cases, however, 129 other public issues did not incur any government expenditures for the actions taken by the relevant departments.
The spokesman of the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab shared the financial breakdown of the actions taken, Rs.4,910,000 were spent to address Nine complaints related to repair of sewerage lines’, while a modest outlay of Rs.34,000 was made to cover open manholes. An amount of Rs.10842 was spent in resolving three complaints regarding, waste-disposal and the cleanliness of streets and roads across different districts. Additionally, Rs.142703 was utilized to attend to five complaints, linked to the maintenance of water filtration plants, ensuring access to clean drinking water for the public, the spokesman stated. The amount of Rs 26,269,000 was spent to get streets repaired.
Notably, the concerned administration and government departments also successfully addressed 43 own-motion notices for the restoration of sewerage lines, ten for covering up manholes, forty for waste disposal and solid waste management, twelve for water filtration plants’ rehabilitation, six for water supply pipeline maintenance, and another three for street light repairs, without any government expenditures, the spokesman concluded.