KP Governor Engr Iqbal Zafar Jhagra while presiding over the second meeting of the FATA Development Council (FDC) at Governor's House, Peshawar on Tuesday has approved various projects with an estimated cost of Rs 2 billion for rehabilitation of IDPs and re-construction and development of infrastructure facilities with special focus on educational and healthcare facilities in FATA.
Federal secretary, SAFRON and Planning and Development, secretaries of Finance and social sectors departments of FATA Secretariat and the other concerned senior officials also attended the meeting. At the proposal of the council, the governor approved a project for establishment of a Cadet College at Sara Rogha in North Waziristan Agency which will cost Rs 390.382 million. Further, the governor also approved a scheme under which different roads in the Agency will be black-topped at a cost of Rs 359.50 million.
The governor has said that Sara Rogha Cadet College in North Waziristan Agency will prove a milestone towards promotion of education which also will be a great headway as far as Education Emergency initiatives in FATA are concerned. Similarly, a special scheme costing Rs 300 million was also approved by the council which is meant to rehabilitate and develop communication, irrigation, public health engineering, and agriculture related facilities in the Datta Khel Tehsil of North Waziristan Agency.
The council also approved establishment of a hospital at Maidan in Terah valley of Khyber Agency which is expected to cost Rs 240 million. The meeting also approved construction of different roads in FR Tank and FR D I Khan under the FATA integrated programme which will cost Rs 96.014 million.
Outcome of certain ongoing projects under the health sector in FATA also came under discussion and the council especially approved an integrated scheme not only to control Malaria and TB but also to protect the respective people from all the other epidemic diseases and this will cost a total Rs 623.845 million.
Earlier, while presiding over the 35th Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Cadet College Razmak at Governor's House, Peshawar, the governor highly eulogised the role of the institution in promoting quality education and desired that it should continue its vigorous services towards development of the entire country. He also expressed the determination not to allow any hurdle, as far as promotion of education in FATA is concerned.