PESHAWAR, March 10: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Thursday paid a day long visit to district Kohat and inaugurated multiple development projects worth billions of rupees and addressed a huge public gathering.
The chief minister inaugurated newly constructed sports complex and widening of 32 km long Jawaki-Guzdara Road completed at a total cost of Rs. 262 million and Rs. 829 million respectively. Other projects include Government Girls Degree College Usterzai and Government Girls Degree College Bilitang completed at a cost of Rs. 237 million and Rs. 207 million respectively. He also inaugurated newly established Rescue sub-station Shakardara worth Rs. 36 million, rehabilitation of 6.5 km road from Abbas Chowk to Darra Tunnel worth Rs. 226 million and type-D Hospital Jawaki. Besides, the chief minister performed the groundbreaking of tehsil building Gumbat which will be completed at an estimated cost of Rs. 290 million. The chief minister on the occasion, distributed Ehsaas Kifalat Cards among the deserving families of the Kohat district.
Addressing a public gathering, the chief minister said that work was underway on projects worth billions of rupees in southern districts adding that the government was working on Peshawar-D.I Khan Motorway project worth Rs. 276 billion with the aim to develop southern belt and generate employment opportunities for the locals, and the project will form western route of CPEC in future. – PR