Islamabad, (Parliament Times) : An extra-ordinary meeting of Mangla Dam Housing Authority was held under the chairmanship of AJK President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry here on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by Commissioner Mirpur Division Shaukat Ali, Director General Mangla Dam Housing Authority Chaudhry Muhammad Mansha, Secretary Presidential Affairs Dr. Syed Asif Hussain, Member Board of Revenue Chaudhry Mukhtar Hussain, Director Central Design Office Jawad Latif and Deputy Commissioner Mirpur Amjad Iqbal and others. On this occasion, the AJK President was given a detailed briefing regarding the resettlement of the sub-families and a detailed review of the residential plots of the sub-families was conducted.
During the meeting it was decided to speed up the work to get the project completed as soon as possible. In this regard, land acquisition and town planning will be completed soon. It was also decided that residential projects for Mangla Dam victims in Islamgarh, Chakswari and Siakh will also be started soon.In order to alleviate the victims’ sufferings, President Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry directed the authorities to complete the settlement of subfamilies of Mangla Dam victims in Mirpur, on priority basis. He said that the victims had a long-standing demand for accommodation of subfamilies in Mangla Dam, which he said would be fulfilled soon. He also directed the concerned authorities to redouble their efforts to accomplish the project as soon as possible.
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