- Presides over 14th annual meeting of Pakhtunkhwa Highway Council
PESHAWAR, October 21: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak presided over 14th annual meeting of the Pakhtunkhwa Highway Council and approved maintenance plan for the year 2016-17 amounting to Rs. 915 million. He also approved provincialization of Swat Motorway with the nomenclature of MWKP-I.
Provincial Minister for Finance Muzaffar Syed, MNA Shehryar Khan Afridi, Advisor to CM for C&W Akbar Ayub, Secretaries Finance and Law, MD PkHA Engr. Muhammad Uzair Khan and others attended. The meeting had a presentation on roads in all districts of the province and the rehabilitation process. He sanctioned 28 No. additional posts of Director, Deputy Director , Assistant Director, PRO and other allied staff to strengthen the structure of Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority.
The Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority in curbing the menace of overloading and approved additional staff and outsourcing of weigh station on provincial highways.
The Chief Minister directed reappropriation diverting funds for different schemes to support provincial roads rehabilitation throughout the province.
Chief Minister also directed to fund different small schemes in road communication that were left out from ADP.
Chief Minister also agreed to naming of Chowk at Ghani Khan Road crossing with Takhtbhai Rajjarh Road as Hayatullah Shaheed Chowk. He also agreed to renaming of Katlang Chowk Mardan as Sadiqullah Shaheed Chowk.
Chief Minister also directed to go all out against encroachment drive. -PR
