PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has finalised arrangements to launch a comprehensive project in an effort to develop Kohat division on sustainable grounds. The five-year scheme titled “Kohat Division Development Project” will be completed at an estimated cost of Rs15 billion.
Under the proposed project, various development schemes would be initiated in three districts of Kohat division i.e. Kohat, Karak and Hangu. The developmental schemes will be launched in agriculture, public health engineering, roads infrastructure, health, education and irrigation sectors.
This was told to a meeting held here on Monday about the uplift of Kohat division with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair, said an official handout. Advisors to Chief Minister Ziaullah Bangash, Himayatullah Khan, Special Assistant to CM Zahoor Shakir, MNA Shahid Khattak, Additional Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir, Kohat division commissioner and others attended the meeting.
The meeting was briefed in detail about different aspects of Kohat Division Development Project. The chief minister termed the project as a milestone for the sustainable development of Kohat division and said that implementation of the project would have a far-reaching effect on the socio-economic lives of the people of Kohat division and usher a new era of development and prosperity. He directed the relevant quarters for finalizing the necessary arrangements so that the project could be launched next week.
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