Khattak for accelerated work on different intra-city roads

KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has directed for the accelerated work on different intra-city roads and pavement of streets in different localities of Peshawar adding that 70% resources should be spent on the reconstruction of roads and 30% on the pavement of streets as per the standardized formula of the government.
He added that different need driven and welfare oriented projects should be identified in different localities of Peshawar so that the provincial government could put them in the implementation phase. The whole exercise should be seen and taken as a part of the overall beautification drive of Peshawar City, he added. He was presiding over a meeting to review the progress on different developmental projects initiated by Peshawar Development Authority in Peshawar City. MPAs Shaukat Yousafzai, Ishtiaq Urmarh, Arbab Jehandad Khan, Arif Yousaf, Yaseen Khalil, Mehmood Jan, Secretary Local Government Jamaluddin, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Muhammad Israr Khan and others attended the meeting.
The CM also directed for the early completion of different schemes in all constituencies of Peshawar. The tendering process should not go beyond six months rather it would be better to reduce the time duration for tendering and as such the schemes should be completed before the time tag.
He also directed for the transparent utilization of these resources on the developmental schemes. The provincial government would arrange additional resources for different schemes which were need driven and required for certain localities. However, decision in this regard would be on a complete report of required number of schemes for the public welfare. Khattak directed for the reconstruction and pavement of different footpaths at Khyber Bazaar, Qissa Khwani Bazar and Chowk Yadgar. Expressing satisfaction over the performance of PDA, the CM directed to place the PDA Act in the agenda in the next cabinet meeting. Earlier, the CM was briefed about the pace of progress on different developmental schemes taken in hand by PDA in Peshawar City. There are 60 schemes in 11 constituencies of Peshawar for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads and streets that would cost Rs 1906.283 million.
These constituencies included one project in PK-1, two projects in PK-2, one project in PK-3, five projects in PK-4, nine projects in PK-5, eight projects in PK-6, eight projects in PK-7, two projects in PK-8, five projects in PK-9, five projects in PK-10, six projects in PK-11 and eight other miscellaneous projects.
The schemes were in the implementation phase and work order for 15 schemes had been issued. Some of the schemes would be cleared by PDWP in its next meeting.
Under the government policy, 70% resources would go to road construction and rehabilitation and 30% to streets pavement and rehabilitation. The meeting requested to increase spending limit for street construction from 30% to more for such areas where the reconstruction of the streets would require more funds and could not be paved and constructed with the 30% spending.