CM opens Mardan medical college

Inaugurates amenity park, municipal projects on a whirlwind tour of district

PESHAWAR:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Thursday inaugurated the recently completed developmental projects and performed the groundbreaking for various others schemes in district Mardan.

The chief minister formally inaugurated Bacha Khan Medical College which has been completed at a cost of Rs1.84 billion. Around 1,250 students are currently enrolled in the college.

Similarly, the chief minister inaugurated the newly completed mega Zamung Park in Mardan which has been completed at a total cost of Rs400 million. Zamung Park has been established over an area of 400 kanals of land and has multiple recreational facilities including water slides, children play area, electronic dinosaur etc.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the projects, the chief minister said that his government believes in investment in human capital and is taking pragmatic steps towards this end. However, the “imported” federal government has gone all out in its futile attempts to sabotage the ongoing development process in the province, Khan added.

“No matter how hard the imported rulers try, they will never succeed in their nefarious ambitions,” the chief minister said, making it clear that PTI will form government with an overwhelm- ing majority in the upcoming general elections.

The chief minister on the occasion formally laid the foundation stone of the project for the rehabilitation of existing sewerage system and establishment of a new sewage treatment plant which would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs8.3 billion.

He also performed the groundbreaking of a mega project regarding establishment of integrated solid waste management system with an estimated cost of Rs3.8 billion. Both the projects are being implemented under the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa cities improvement project (K-P-CIP) which is aimed at streamlining the municipal services in major cities of the province.

Moreover, the chief minister laid the foundation stone for dualization of 19-km road from Katlang main bazar to Chungi, which will cost of Rs3.3 billion.

The chief minister said K-P-CIP is a fully funded project under which a number of sub-projects have been launched in the divisional headquarters. He added that the K-P-CIP on completion will change the overall look of the major cities of the province.

He maintained that the provincial government is making direct investment in human capital through its people-friendly projects such as health card, kisan card and education card. Criticizing the indifferent attitude of the incumbent ‘imported government’ at the centre, the chief minister maintained that every possible effort is being made to sabotage the development process in K-P and the budgeted share of the province is being withheld.

He said that the arrears of K-P with centre have reached Rs189 billion as of December.

Speaking with media persons, the chief minister said that developmental projects worth Rs43 billion have been reflected in the provincial annual development program for district Mardan.

He noted that the provincial government has planned sustainable development model keeping in view the needs and requirements of various districts.