The Peshawar Development Authority had completed several mega projects, meant for provision of basic facilities to general public and improvement of exiting civic system in the province during last four and a half years, said Bashir Ahmad Bilour, KP Minister for Local Government and Urban Development, while briefing media persons here on Friday.
On the occasion, KP Minister for Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Secretary Information, Azam Haneef Orakzai, and officials of department concerned were present. The KP coalition government had launched an awareness campaign regarding initiatives and achievements in its last four years.
While giving details of various projects initiated by Department of Local Government and Urban Department, Bilour said the provincial government had provided Rs 400 million from its Annual Development Programme, with period of January 2008 to 2011. Under the programme, he informed that sanitation and drainage schemes had been completed in different districts of the province.
The department, he said also initiated community infrastructure development project CIP-II for provision of basic civic facilities in all municipals of the province. Slaughter houses had also established at cost of Rs 80 million in Shabqadar, Lakki Marwat, Sawardi, Barikot. An amount of Rs 45 million had provided for construction of a complex in district Chitral, Abbottabad, and Shabqadar, he informed.
ANP senior minister further said the department had provided a Rs 300 million for establishment of district secretariat at Swabi, Buner, and Swat, while Rs 200 million given for construction of complex at Takh Nasrati, Darban, Alpuri, Puran, Mastuj, Amazahi, Buner, Dargai and Peshawar. "A sum of Rs 1072.9 million had provided by the department for more than 27 urban towns during 2009-10 and 2010-11 under the annual development programme", he informed.