Bilal Yasin visits Apni Chhat Apna Ghar homes and Chahan Dam water project in Rawalpindi

LAHORE: On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Provincial Minister for Housing and Urban Development Bilal Yasin visited Rawalpindi. He inspected homes being built under the Apni Chhat Apna Ghar programme and reviewed the ongoing construction work.

Bilal Yasin said providing homes to the middle class was among the priorities of the Punjab government. With the support of the Punjab government, citizens were becoming owners of their own homes. He said the programme was playing an important role in providing people with decent housing.

He said that 217,520 households had so far been given financial assistance under the programme, while 126,239 homes had been completed.

Chahan Dam water supply project

The provincial minister also visited the Chahan Dam water supply project and reviewed the progress of construction of the filtration plant. He said the project was Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s gift to the citizens of Rawalpindi. Once completed, clean water could be supplied to several areas of Rawalpindi.

According to Bilal Yasin, the Chahan Dam water treatment plant will be completed next year, and more than 250,000 citizens will benefit from it. He said the project would improve the supply of clean water to citizens and help provide basic facilities to the people of the area.