LAHORE – Chief Minister Punjab, SardarUsman Buzdar, on Tuesday, has said that Punjab Government, in collaboration with the World Bank, will be launching a comprehensive project to counter the global challenge of Climate Change. The project aims for a ‘Clean and Green Punjab’.
Inaugurating Clean and Green Index Punjab and Clean and Green Punjab campaign in Lahore, CM Buzdar said that Pakistan, especially Punjab, had been affected most by climate change. The CM also got registered at the portal as a champion of the campaign.
Addressing the gathering, Usman Buzdar said climate change, smog and natural calamities were affecting cities and overcoming them has become a major challenge. “Prime Minister Imran Khan raised voice against climate change at the international forum while the Punjab government is following the vision of cleaner and greener Pakistan,” the Chief Minister said, adding: “Local governments have been established under Punjab Local Government Act and Commissioners and DCs have been given the charge of administrators.”
He said administrative officers would have to set new trends for a cleaner and greener Punjab so that the elected representatives could take the administrative officers as role models. He said healthy competition would be held with regard to the clean and green program among 319 local governments and clean and green Punjab competitions are being held in the province on the pattern of the federal government. As many as 12 districts in Punjab province and seven KPK districts had been chosen for national-level competitions, he added.
