RAWALPINDI:
The outgoing yr 2024 proved to be extraordinarily disappointing and irritating for native authorities our bodies because the municipal company, the municipal committees, the district council and city committees in Rawalpindi couldn’t provoke even a single new mega mission all year long, because of ‘extreme’ financial and monetary crunch.
Tasks below the Annual Improvement Fund (ADP) have been additionally placed on maintain due to the paucity of funds all year long. Funds have been launched to native authorities our bodies just for the salaries of their staff.
Including insult to damage, native authorities our bodies have been additionally disadvantaged of their public representatives within the final 4 years as native authorities elections in Punjab couldn’t be held resulting from repeated modifications within the Native Authorities Act.
There may be at the moment no native authorities system in Punjab because the Native Authorities Act 2022 framed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) authorities, has been suspended by the PML-N authorities. The ill-fated native authorities system is below the management of directors.
The Deputy Commissioners (DCs) and the Assistant Commissioners (ACs) joined duties within the native authorities establishments a number of instances all year long, however could not provoke main train due to their ‘busy schedules’.
In 2024, the District Council Rawalpindi, the Municipal Company Rawalpindi, six municipal committees and one city committee despatched 410 improvement schemes value over Rs6.95 billion for the event of Rawalpindi metropolis and rural areas. Nonetheless, funds weren’t launched and the information of those improvement schemes remained within the information.
The funds weren’t launched for the tasks of roads, new water provide schemes, new sewage techniques, boundary partitions of cemeteries, 4 mini dams, eight ponds, 5 funeral properties, 17 water funds, filtration vegetation, and 193 drains and streets.
Nonetheless, work was initiated solely on the schemes proposed by the lawmakers with organized funding.
The Coordination Committee Chairman, MNA Qamarul Islam and MPA Ziaullah Shah declare the problem of funds for improvement schemes and tasks of native our bodies can be resolved quickly. A brand new Native Authorities Act may even be handed initially of the New 12 months, after which report funds can be launched to native our bodies, they add.
Regardless of the setbacks in 2024, there’s hope for change within the coming yr. Native authorities officers, together with MNA Qamarul Islam and MPA Ziaullah Shah, have assured that the funding points for improvement schemes can be addressed promptly. In addition they said {that a} new Native Authorities Act can be launched early within the New 12 months, which is predicted to convey substantial monetary help for native our bodies. With these modifications, native authorities our bodies are optimistic about overcoming the challenges of the previous yr and resuming important improvement tasks for the betterment of Rawalpindi’s infrastructure and public companies.