Universities, roads, industry and tourism to end poverty in region: CM Mahmood Khan

Mahmood Khan inaugurates gas supply scheme, road and NADRA office

PESHAWAR: Establishment of new universities, colleges, highways and promotion of industrialisation and tourism will help in eradication of poverty, unemployment and development of the entire region.

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said this at the inauguration of natural gas supply scheme at the Matta tehsil of KhwazaKhela. The pipeline will benefit over 100,000 residents of Matta, Khwazakhela and surrounding villages.

He also inaugurated the Chuprial-Balasoor to Mandanr road.

The natural gas scheme will be completed at an estimated cost of Rs2 Billion whereas the Chuprial Balasoor to Mandar road will benefit over 65,000 people on daily basis.

Mahmood announced the establishment of NADRA office in Chuprial along with the reconstruction of Higher Secondary School for Boys.

According to details, 32 km long and 12 inch wide gas supply pipelines will be laid till KhwazaKhela whereas 9.2 km long and 8 inch wide gas supply pipelines will be laid till Chamtalai which will benefit the local residents of surrounding villages.

The total cost of Chuprial Balasoor to Mandar road is 379.18 Million and will benefit enroute villages including Matta, Chuprial, Biha, Barthana, Gawalirai, Balasoor, Panadai, Nowkhara, Rahat Kot, Skhra, Darmai, Garai, Lalko and Gabeen Jabba etc

The Chief Minister also revealed that four additional electricity feeders have also been approved for Tehsil Matta adding that the present government is sincerely working for the development of the province. He said that the establishment of new universities, colleges, highways and promotion of industrialisation and tourism will help in eradication of poverty, unemployment and development of the entire region.

For promotion welfare state as an integral policy in governance, the Chief Minister stated that K-P is the first province to initiate "Ihsaas" programme under which the government will be responsible for the sponsorship, education and residence of widows, orphans, and the suppressed segment of the society. The programme will be extended to all the districts of the province in a phase-wise manner.

Mahmood Khan furthered that the Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority and National Highway Authority have been made operational in the province and soon the provincial government will embark upon an extensive strategy of developing communication network which will boost trade, commerce, industry and tourism sectors in the province.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 4^th, 2019.