Work on 90 Fata development schemes in progress

Work on 90 development schemes in 13 different social development sectors is in progress at a cost of Rs 3 billion as per schedule in Orakzai Agency of Orakzai Agency tribal belt of the province. Seventy-one percent funds meant for the projects have been utilised and the development schemes would be completed by the end of the year.
This was stated at a review meeting held by NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai at the Governor House here on Monday. The meeting was attended by FATA Additional Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal, Secretary to Governor Azmat Hanif, Secretaries and Heads of the line departments. Orakzai Political Agent Fakhre Alam briefed the meeting. Except one or two projects in the communication sector, which hit snags, work on all projects was progressing satisfactorily, he said. He said that 14 projects were new, and the remaining were ongoing projects.
He said that 100 percent progress had been achieved in Public Health Engineering, Power, Agriculture Extension, Forests and Regional Development sectors, while attainment of targets in respect of Fisheries and Irrigation sectors was more than 80 percent.
The meeting was informed that in the Education sector, one new Women's Degree College had been completed and classes started, while building of a new higher secondary school had been completed and efforts were underway to complete upgradation at the earliest.
Similarly, upgradation of three middle schools to high and three primary schools to middle schools levels were also in process in the Agency. Besides, progress in respect of Communications and Health sectors was noted as 73 percent and 65 percent, respectively, during the first quarter of the financial year.
The Governor desired that all possible steps be taken to recruit teaching staff for the colleges to ensure their functioning. He noted that progress on under-construction two hostels for female teachers in the Agency was encouraging, and desired that both projects should be completed on priority basis.
The Governor particularly referred to the under-construction Govt Girls Degree College at Ghiljo which is second of its kind in the Agency, and desired that he wanted to see the institution properly functioning during the current financial year. The Governor said that all road projects were of vital importance for ensuring better travel facilities and no efforts should be spared to remove the bottlenecks.