Punjab Revenue Department has released Rs4.3 billion under the head of subsidy for Metro Bus and Orange Line Train from provincial budget of fiscal year 2024-25, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday.

According to details, after the release of subsidy, people will continue to avail concessions on Metro Bus Service and Orange Line tickets.

Employees of Orange Line and Metro Bus Service will also receive their salaries from this subsidy.

Punjab Finance department also released Rs35 billion for police department. This amount will be spent on police operational expenditure, payment of salaries and to purchase petrol.

The department also released Rs2 billion to 552 Primary Health Units (PHUs) for purchase of medicines and other operational expenditure.

It is necessary to mention here that this budget is released for a period of three months while this budget is also available online.

Reporter: Qaisar Khokhar