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Chapter 22

PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING

The Public Health Engineering Department was created in Punjab in 1972
primarily to provide safe drinking water to general public where ground water
was insufficient, contaminated or otherwise unsuitable for drinking
purposes, and to execute sewerage and drainage schemes. Public Health
Engineering Division was established in Muzaffargarh in 1982 with an
Executive Engineer as its head, assisted by 2 Sub-Divisional Officers.
Chaudhary Ghulam Rasool happened to be the first Executive Engineer
posted in the Public Health Engineering Department in Muzaffargarh.

As regards the present set-up, there exists 1 Executive Engineer, 4 Sub-
Divisional Officers, 1 Community Development Officer and a Junior Research
Officer. The sanctioned staff strength is 101.

Since its inception in Muzaffargarh, the Division has undertaken following
projects:

SCHEME/PROJECT STATUS NUMBER
Water Supply Schemes Completed 39
Water Supply Schemes Ongoing 2
Sewerage/Drainage Schemes Completed 329
Sewerage/Drainage Schemes Ongoing 66
Water Filtration Plants Completed 13
Water Filtration Plants Ongoing 15
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