CM moves to improve sanitation
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has handed over the newly purchased solid waste handling machinery to the Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) in a bid to provide proper sanitation facilities to the people of Peshawar district.
Mahmood handed over the equipment procured at a cost of Rs413.5 million to the WSSP for 11 new semi-urban union councils during a ceremony held at the CM House.
The new semi-urban union councils had recently been included in the WSSP domain.
The machinery includes 33 mini dumpers, 55 containers, 16 tractors and trolleys, 11 arm rolls, four FE loaders, and four excavators.
Moreover, the 11 new semi-urban union councils of Peshawar district added to the WSSP domain include Achini Bala, Chamkani, Larama, Pajjagi, Pakha Ghulam, Pushtakhara Payan, Regi, Sarband, Sufaid Dheri, Wadpaga and Mera Kachori.
The chief minister said that the provincial government is committed to improving the sanitation facilities throughout the province and concrete steps are being taken for the purpose.
He maintained that the incumbent provincial government launched Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement project worth Rs97 billion for provision of clean drinking water, construction of parks and recreational facilities, establishment of sewerage treatment plants and provision of other civic facilities to the people in five divisional headquarters of the province.
“The said project on completion will prove to be an important milestone in providing the best civic services and recreational facilities for citizens.”
The provincial government is spending huge resources on improving service delivery across the province and to ensure easy and equal access of all citizens to services, he concluded.
Minister inaugurates water supply scheme
Irrigation Minister Arshad Ayub Khan on Sunday inaugurated two mega projects, including water supply scheme in Rajdehani village at a cost of Rs8.6 million and construction of main Karwali link road with an estimated cost of Rs13 million, in Khanpur tehsil.
Accompanied by Minister for Communication and Works Yousaf Ayub Khan, the irrigation minister visited the sites of both the projects and met with the people of the area, said a statement.
Addressing the public gatherings, Arshad said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government was working on mega projects with an aim to upgrade living standards of the people in all the districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The PTI government in K-P has introduced digital reforms in all the administrative departments and achieved record development progress in the province.
Local people expressed gratitude to provincial ministers for initiating development projects in Khanpur and assured them of all kinds of cooperation.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 26th, 2022.