RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa met here on Wednesday and approved 14 projects worth Rs10374.624 million and deferred four others due to inadequate designs.

The party meeting chaired by the Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash discussed a total 18 projects pertaining to different sectors including Roads, Local Government, Multi-sectoral Development, Water, Elementary and Secondary Education, Agriculture, Home and AIP sectors for the uplift of the province and Merged Areas.

In a historic session of PDWP the first eight projects worth Rs 9132.643 million under the Tribal Decade Strategy (TDS) were given approval, said a press release issued here after the meeting, adding that this will usher in a new era of development in the merged areas which will help brining it at par with the rest of the province.

The Government has allocated Rs 59 billion for TDS for the Financial Year 2019-20 alone. The total envelope of ten years development campaign is approximately Rs one trillion for ten years.

The approved projects in roads sector included “Provision for Liabilities of Land Compensation: Sh. Mohammad Arif Khan S/O Haji Muhammad Ashoor Khan versus District Collector Land Acquisition/Additional Deputy Commissioner Peshawar, Executive Engineer Peshawar, Khazana Naguman Road Project Division Peshawar, Construction and Blacktopping of Banda Fateh Khan Road Darmalak road, Darmalak to Ghorzandi road, Darsha Khel road Rehman abad Pakka road, Krappa Shakardara road including bridge and PCC Roads in UCs, Sodhal, Lachi rural, Mandori District Kohat, Construction of Shaktoo bridge on Janikhel road and Construction/Rehabilitation of roads in Tehsil Bakha Khel and adjoining areas District Bannu.

In Local Government sector the approved projects included “Clean Drinking Water for All (CDWA)”.

In water sector the approved project was “Construction of Neeli Tangi Weir Sub project District Khyber, Construction of Bada Khel Weir Sub project District Khyber”.

In Elementary and Secondary Education sector “Provision of Free Basic Stationary and School Bags, Provision of Basic and Missing Facilities through Parent teacher Committee-led conditional Grants” were approved.

The PDWP approved “Integrated Agriculture Development in Merged Areas under AIP of the TDS, Cultureable waste Land Development and Solarization of existing Agriculture Tube/Open wells in the MAs, Rain water harvesting in Merged Areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” projects in agriculture.

The meeting was attended by Atif Rehman, Secretary Planning and Development Department, members of PDWP, Special Secretary P&D Merged Areas, concerned departments and Districts level officers of Merged Areas.