LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif chaired a special meeting to review the Model Village Project and received a detailed briefing on the initiative and ongoing projects.
The meeting was informed that sewerage, drainage and brick-paved streets projects were progressing rapidly in more than 3,500 villages across Punjab.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved the introduction of community-based organisations for the Model Village Project.
A principle decision was also taken to involve assistant commissioners, community health mobilisers, Union Council secretaries, headmasters and other relevant stakeholders in rural development projects.
The meeting also agreed to assign members of the provincial assembly the responsibility of monitoring rural development projects.
The chief minister directed that drainage and sewerage problems in villages across Punjab be resolved on a priority basis and ordered that village streets be paved and beautified.
“I cannot see people suffering from broken streets and stagnant, dirty water,” she said, adding, “Providing drainage, sewerage and paved streets in every village is the government’s responsibility. People living in rural areas also have an equal right to public resources.”
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif said the Model Village Project was very close to her heart and expressed her resolve to transform the condition of every village.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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