KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has directed the finance department to ensure timely release of required funds for all developmental schemes that are due for completion in the province along with intimating the concerned quarters to resolve the stalemate in the developmental work on Sakhara to Gabin Jabba Road within one week.

He also directed for realistic alignment for the Matta bypass road further directing that an additional by pass from Matta Bazaar should also be planned in order to curtail the existing conjunction of Matta Bazaar.

He issued these directives while chairing the two different meetings on developmental schemes of Swat and other districts. He called separate detailed presentations regarding the status of work on Swat Expressway and JICA assisted projects of rural roads throughout the province.

The Chief Minister was briefed in detail regarding the status of works on different developmental schemes in District Swat and Asian Development Bank assisted projects in the province.

With regards to the status of Roads in District Swat, the Chief Minister was informed that the construction work on Mangwaltan to Toha road has been completed for which Rs127 million were released out of the total allocated amount of Rs136 million.

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