Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Pakistan Stone Development Company (PASDEC), Zahid Maqsood Sheikh on Wednesday handed over marble and granite machinery to mine owners of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for promoting mechanised quarrying in the province. The said machinery has been funded by Multi Donors Trust Fund (MDTF) under Competitive Industries Project (CIP) for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The objective of the project is to promote mechanized quarrying in the province and discourage the conventional methods of mining by blasting.
Under the project, 13 set of excavators and compressors were handed over to PASDEC by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for renting out to the mine owners of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On this occasion, CEO PASDEC, Zahid Maqsood Sheikh announced that machines will be offered on first come first serve basis to the interested mine owners of the province.