Spatial Planning and Development, District Roads and Buildings, Energy, Transport and Environment.

1.    Roads & Buildings

• Planning, designing, construction, equipment, maintenance and repairs of all Government Buildings, residential and non-residential including rest houses.

• Evaluation, fixation of rent, control, management, lease and sale of Government buildings.

• Water Supply and Sanitary Works pertaining to Government Buildings and Government Estates except provincial assets and those assigned under main heading S&GAD under Sr. No. 24 in the schedule-II of the Punjab Government Rules of Business 1974.

• Issuance of district angling licenses.

• Administration of West Pakistan Highway Ordinance, 1959 (amended) wherever it pertains to District.

• Laying standards and specifications for various type of roads and bridges for the District.

• Planning and designing roads and connected works for the district/Provincial and/or Central funds.

• Construction, maintenance, repairs and improvement of roads, bridges, culverts, causeways, boat bridges and ancillary bridges for the Works and Service Department financed from District/Provincial and/or Central funds.

• Administration of roads, bridges and boat bridges toll collection and leases of land for filing/service stations and access roads thereof on roads under the control of district.

• District Testing Laboratories of works.

• Execution of works on behalf of other Agencies/Departments as Deposit Works.

• Preparation of architectural plans/drawings of buildings.

• Service matters except those entrusted to Service and General Administration Department.

• Purchase of stores and capital goods for the District Government.

2.    Environment

• To assist Provincial Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A) in discharge of its functions under the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1977.

• To exercise personnel administration and financial management of the subordinate staff.

• To regulate motor vehicles subject to the provisions of the Pakistan Environmental Protection, Act, 1977 and the rules and regulations made there-under.

• To ensure, guide and assist the proponents of new projects in submission of Initial Environmental Examination (IEE)/Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to the D.G. Punjab EPA for approval.

• To ensure implementation of environmental protection and preservation measures in all development projects at the district level and to sensitize government agencies on environmental issues.

• To identify the needs for legislation in various sectors of the environment.

• Provide information and guidance to the public on environmental organizations, to prevent and combat pollution and promote sustainable development.

• To encourage the formation and working of non-governmental organizations, to prevent and combat pollution and promote sustainable development.

• To undertake regular monitoring of projects financed from the Provincial Sustainable Development Fund and to submit progress reports to the DG Punjab EPA for publication in the Annual Report.

• To request the Environmental Magistrate or the Environmental Tribunal to take cognizance of an offence triable under the provisions of the PEPA, 1977.

• To submit quarterly progress reports and a consolidated annual report to the DG Punjab EPA.

• To enlist the support of Government Departments at district level notably the education and health institutions in campaigns for building awareness.

• To influence the working procedures and programmes of various agencies and departments in the district to support environmental protection programme and to incorporate environmental safeguards in their own systems.

• To undertake any other duties and functions as assigned by the DG Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and/or Provincial Government.