District officers given responsibilities to monitor Model Village Program

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jul, 2026) Punjab Government has assigned responsibilities to district officers for effective monitoring of Chief Minister's Model Village Program,here on Wednesday.

District Officer Infrastructure and Services (DO I&S) have been appointed as district coordinators in the respective districts.

In this regard,a video link meeting of DOs I&S was held under the chairmanship of Punjab Local Government Minister Zeeshan Rafique in which Secretary Local Government Shakeel Ahmed Mian,Special Secretary Admin Arshad Baig, Special Secretary Local Government Shahid Zaman Lak and Punjab Rural Municipal Services Company (PRMSC) Chief Executive Officer Khurram Pervez also participated.

The provincial minister,while issuing necessary instructions to DOs I&S said that Model Village was the flagship program of Chief Minister(CM),Maryam Nawaz Sharif.

He said that effective monitoring of development schemes will be possible with the formation of a monitoring mechanism at the district level.

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"Sub-engineers in the concerned tehsil are being given additional charge of coordinators while PRMSC is monitoring at divisional and provincial levels",he added.

The Minister directed the Secretary Local Government board to hold regular follow-up meetings of DOs I&S stressing that there should be no compromise on quality and speed in any development scheme.

He said that 485 villages of 10 divisions of Punjab were being made model through master planning.

Zeeshan Rafique strictly directed that demolition of already constructed streets in the villages should be avoided. He said that the Model Village Project was progressing as per the timeline.

"There is a need to monitor the work of contractors so that it is easy to achieve the desired goals,"he concluded.