The Public Health Engineering Department was created 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 Jhang in 1982 with an Executive Engineer as its head, assisted by 2-Sub Divisional Officers. Chaudary Muhammad Amin happened to be the first Executive Engineer posted in the Public Health Engineering Department Jhang. In regards to the present setup, there exists 01 Executive Engineer, 02 Sub Divisional Officers, 01 Community Development Officer and 01 Junior Research Officer. The sanctioned staff strength is 70. Since its inception in Jhang the division has undertaken the following projects:
|
Scheme / Project |
Status |
Number |
|
Water Supply Schemes |
Completed |
22 |
|
Water Supply Schemes |
Ongoing |
2 |
|
Sewerage/ Drainage Schemes |
Completed |
265 |
|
Sewerage / Drainage Schemes |
Ongoing |
16 |
|
Water Filtration Plants |
Completed |
12 |
|
Water Filtration Plants |
Ongoing |
17 |