Housing Urban Development & Public Health Engineering Department (Punjab)

In 1978, Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) was placed under the administrative control of Housing & Physical Planning Department while the Department was renamed as Housing Physical & Environmental Planning (HP&EP) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established as its attached wing. In 1996, Environmental Protection Agency was detached from Housing Physical & Environmental Planning Department and was given the status of an independent provincial Department. Finally, Housing Physical & Environmental Protection Department was named as Housing, Urban Development & Public Health Engineering Department (HUD&PHED) in 1997 to depict Urban Development Authorities and Public Health Engineering Department as its main organs.

The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department administers and supervises the following:

• Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency
• Development Authorities
• Water and Sanitation Agencies
• Parks and Horticulture Authorities
• Public Health Engineering Department