Swat Motorway Phase-II project will prove to be a milestone towards sustainable development of the entire region: Mahmood Khan

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Friday paid a day long visit to district Swat where he performed the ground breaking of Swat Motorway Phase-II, the flagship project of the provincial government. 80 KM long Swat Motorway Phase-II would be constructed under Public Private Partnership from Chakdarra Interchange to Fateh Pur at a total estimated cost of Rs. 58 billion. The chief minister on the occasion also laid a foundation stone of Swat University of Engineering and Applied Sciences Barikot Campus which would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs. 1.7 billion. Moreover, he inaugurated newly constructed building of Tehsil Headquarter Hospital Barikot and performed the ground breaking of Bab-e-Odhyana and Tehsil Play Ground at Shamozai. Addressing the public gathering at Barikot, the chief minister felicitated the people of Swat on the formal groundbreaking of Swat Motorway Phase-II and said that this project would prove to be a mile stone towards sustainable development of entire region. He said that Swat Motorway was an epoch making project of the incumbent provincial government and would help in creating employment opportunities for the local people by promoting tourism in the area. – PR