PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has announced provision of sufficient funds for a number of small hydel power stations at various locations of Chitral district and other developmental schemes for the area.
He said that KP government believed in uniform development of the province with judicious use of the developmental funds whereas no discrimination would be made with any part of the province. However, he
said that remote and backward areas would be given preference on need basis wherein transparent use of funds would be ensured so that the public money could not go waste or transferred to the pockets of the individuals but purely spent on the welfare of the masses.
He was talking to eight members delegation of PTI Chitral district led by Bibi Fozia MPA that called on him here on Tuesday.
In response to the problems and demands of the delegation he approved giving status of municipal committees to Darosh town and Mastuj, provision of ambulance to Darosh hospital and upgrading it to category C hospital, provision of two buses for female students of Chitral and Darosh.
He also approved additional funds for Chitral campus of Benazir Sheringal University in next ADP, increasing salaries of the staff of Reshoon hydel station, retendering of the rehabilitation of flood affected areas, expansion of road from Varagun to Tarich, Kosht to loane Mastuj and Bamborate to Rombore, black topping of link roads in chitral town, irrigation channel of Charun Oveer road, water supply schemes of Shotkhar and Torkoh in the new ADP.
Taking notice of certain complaints, he directed the Deputy Commissioner Chitral to conduct transparent inquiry into embezzlement of funds allocated for Sasta Atta and Ghee scheme and water supply schemes of Golen, Darosh, Parwak and Ayun.
The Chief Minister on a demand said that it was policy of the provincial govt to strengthen the existing institutions by making available all required facilities instead of constructing and establishing new buildings in health and education sectors.
He said that provincial govt was spending 80pc of its resources on the ongoing while rest of 20pc on the new schemes with the sole aim of continuity of the developmental process.
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