LAHORE: Member National Assembly Sardar Awais Leghari met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday. Matters regarding ongoing development projects worth billions of rupees for the welfare of people of south Punjab and setting up of Fort Monroe Welfare City were discussed in the meeting. Talking to Sardar Awais Leghari, Shahbaz Sharif said that progress and prosperity of people of south Punjab is very dear to him and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government has always given priority to uplift of south Punjab and prosperity of the people of this region. He said that a sum of Rs 173 billion is being spent on the development of south Punjab during the current financial year and a number of mega projects are being executed expeditiously. He said that 138-kilometre long roads for the benefit of the people of tribal areas of DG Khan and Rajanpur are being constructed while metro bus project for the provision of modern transport facilities of international standard in Multan, the biggest city of south Punjab, is nearing completion. Shahbaz said that this project costing billions of rupees will soon be inaugurated, adding that metro bus project is a splendid gift for the people of south Punjab as modern, speedy and economical transport facility will become available to the people of Multan and south Punjab through these buses. Shahbaz Sharif said that potable water is the right of every citizen and a project worth billions of rupees has been started for the supply of clean drinking water to the people of south Punjab. He said that more than 80 modern water filtration plants have been installed in five tehsils of south Punjab.