PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has directed the quarters concerned to collect complete data of tubewells installed by the provincial government for drinking water supply and submit to him details of the non-functional tubewells across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He also directed the authorities to take measures for preventing misuse of tubewells constructed on private premises.

Taking notice of complaints regarding non-supply of drinking water to the people from government tubewells constructed on private premises at some places, the chief minister directed the quarters concerned to provide details of all such tubewells and water tanks.

He said these tubewells had been constructed to ensure provision of drinking water to the people and not to benefit any particular individual.

He was chairing a meeting of Public Health Engineering Department here on Thursday.

PHED secretary Mohammad Idrees Khan, Performance Management and Reforms Unit director and representatives of the local government department attended the meeting.

The meeting reviewed issues related to supply of drinking water and ordered prompt redressal of public complaints in this regard.

The chief minister directed the concerned quarters to devise an action plan to make all the non-functional tubewells functional as well as to retrieve the occupied government tubewells.

“The government has spent public resources on the establishment of tubewells with the aim to ensure supply of drinking water to the people,” he said and directed the quarters concerned to form committees in districts to resolve such issues at the local level.

Published in Dawn, July 22nd, 2022