CM irked over seeing heap of garbage, evacuated materials at site of Heritage trail route      

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak Wednesday paid a surprise visit to the Ghor Ghathri Tehsil Heritage Trail project and expressed anguish over the debris and other evacuated heaps of old construction materials at different spots in the heritage trail route.

The Deputy Commissioner Peshawar present on the occasion was directed to ensure immediate removal of the debris and other evacuated old construction materials from the site of heritage trail route.   Provincial Minister for Environment Ishtiaq Urmarh and MPA Shaukat Yousafzai accompanied the Chief Minister during the visit.

The Chief Minister inspected the construction and renovation work of the old historic city’s buildings and directed for accelerating work on it. The provincial government is spending over a billion of rupees on the restoration work that included the renovation of old buildings and the road.

Pervez Khattak said the provincial government wanted the historic city’s Peshawar beautification in order to revive its grandeur.

The CM said that different schemes for the reconstruction of internal routes in the city and the linking roads have been approved, while necessary funding has been released.

He said he was aware of the hardships, the locals had to face because of the developmental schemes. However, he called upon the people to bear out the short term hardships for the long term benefits that the developmental activities would bring along.

Chief Minister assured the locals that the provincial government had already approved compensation for the local shopkeepers affected by the reconstruction and renovation work.

The compensation would soon be given to the affected shopkeepers.

He assured zero level tolerance and compromise on the quality construction and renovation of the heritage trail developmental plan.

The ultimate goal would stay to be the conservation and revival of old city’s ascension bringing it to the stage of old Peshawar city known to be a historic one and one of the beautiful cities of the country.

Pervez Khattak also took notice of the uncovered Gulbahar drain system and directed the quarter concerned to immediately improve the drain system.