Minister chairs meeting on division of departmental affairs between Swat Bar Swat

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Public Health Engineering Fazal Shakoor Khan on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the division of the department’s offices, sub-divisions and staff between Swat and Bar Swat following the administrative reorganization of Swat district.
The meeting was held at the PHED committee room and attended by Secretary PHED Masood Younis, chief engineers, Director Technical and other relevant officers.
The meeting reviewed various aspects of the department’s administrative and technical reorganization in light of the administrative division of Swat district.
With reference to a notification issued by the Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR), the meeting reviewed the tehsils and union councils falling within Swat and Bar Swat. Detailed discussions were held on the allocation of PHED offices, sub-divisions, Sub-Divisional Officers (SDOs) and other staff between the two administrative units.
Various proposals were also discussed to ensure the smooth functioning of PHED’s administrative and technical affairs in Swat and Bar Swat and the timely provision of safe drinking water and other public health engineering services to residents.
Mr Fazal Shakoor Khan directed the concerned authorities to finalise the administrative arrangements for the effective functioning of the department in both areas at the earliest and ensure that the necessary notification was issued promptly.
He said the administrative reorganization must not disrupt the provision of public health engineering services to the people.
“The concerned officers should take effective measures to further improve the provision of safe drinking water and other basic facilities to the people of Swat and Bar Swat,” he said.
He further directed that, under the new administrative setup, offices, officers and staff should be distributed appropriately to ensure continuity of departmental efficiency and effective public service delivery in both administrative units.