Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Population Welfare, Mohammad Saleem Khan said that the provincial government approved the establishment of 70 Mega Watt Hydro-Power Project at Lawi, district Chitral. The Project, he said, will cost an amount of Rs 12 billion; construction work on the Project will be started soon.
Addressing a function held on the occasion of the inauguration of a newly-established high school in Tar, district Chitral, he said that work on two other hydro projects will also be started this year. The project will not only help make Chitral, but also all Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa self-sufficient in energy.
He said that the promotion of education is the top priority of the government and that is the reason behind maximum development work in education sector. He said that during a short period of four years, the government has established two universities, two degree colleges, four higher secondary schools and several high, middle and primary schools to provide basic education facility to the people at their doorstep.
The provincial minister, who is also President of PPP Chitral, said that besides Lowari Tunnel, development work worth about Rs 3 billion is in final phases. These schemes, he said, are included Chitral bypass, Chitral Town Water Supply Scheme, Drosh Water Supply Scheme, up-gradation of district headquarters hospital and expansion and black topping of Chitral-Chagoor Road. The completion of these schemes, he said, will bring positive change in the lives of the people.
He said that with his personnel efforts the government has written off agriculture and business loans worth Rs 1.80 billion in Chitral and has provided employment to about 2,000 people of the district. He said that development schemes in the district have been initiated without any political discrimination.
On this occasion, former Nazim Union Council, Sheshi Koh, Sher Mohammad, Naib Nazim Sarfaraz Shah, Mir Daula Jan advocate and other elites of the area appreciated the efforts and interest of the provincial minister in the development of the area and assured him full co-operation. On this occasion, several elites of the area announced joining.