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Tuesday July 02, 2024

PHA increases revenue target from Rs1.60bn to Rs2.35bn

By Our Correspondent
July 01, 2024
PHA staffer watering the plants to keep them fresh in Lahore on June 30, 2024. — APP
PHA staffer watering the plants to keep them fresh in Lahore on June 30, 2024. — APP

LAHORE:Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has increased its own-source revenue to Rs2.35billion in the outgoing financial year, a substantial rise from Rs1.60billion earned in the fiscal year 2022-23, through various commercial agreements, announced its director general.

In a press statement issued Sunday, PHA DG Tahir Wattoo said the department had ambitiously set its revenue generation target at Rs2.32billion, up from Rs1.44 billion in the fiscal year 2022-23.

He attributed the revenue growth to various business measures, including digital streamers, LED advertisement screens, shop boards’ fees, commercial nurseries, flower shops, and revised no-objection certificate (NOC) fees for housing societies, among other agreements. Wattoo highlighted that the marketing directorate, responsible for managing outdoor commercial advertisements, alone achieved a turnover of Rs1.44 billion, up from Rs1.19billion.