LAHORE: The divisional administration in collaboration with the Punjab Food Authority and artists inaugurated on Friday its model pushcart pilot project and distributed 30 handbarrows among the vendors of Fatehgarh bazaar and Karim Block market in Iqbal Town.

“The model pushcarts have been provided under the chief minister’s vision to ensure hygienic food for the public,”

Adviser to the Chief Minister Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan said at the ceremony. He said many more handbarrows would be provided to the vendors in the regular phases of the project.

Commissioner Abdullah Sumbal said model pushcarts would improve the cart culture and beautification of the Lahore city. He said in the next phase, 150 more pushcarts would be provided to vendors. He said that pushcarts would only be used to sell food items and a steering committee would judge performance and popularity of the project time to time.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2016