By Amjad Yousaf Zai
Hazro: : Member district monitoring committee and former provincial Minister Jahangir Khanzada has said that a sum of Rs 106.824 billion would be spent on the execution of 47 different road rehabilitation and improvement projects across the district during this year. He expressed these views addressing the public after the inauguration of Asghar village to Akhori village road on Sunday. PML Hazro chapter president Malik Ansar Ahmed, local social and public figure Tallal Ashraf Butt and Riaz Khan were also present on this occasion. The 3.25 kilometers would be completed with an allocation of Rs 10.50 million and would be completed during the current fiscal year. “These link roads would not only provide better communication to people living in rural areas but would also facilitate growers and farmers in transporting their cash crops to various markets as the area is famous for producing quality vegetables and fruits,” he said. Mr Khanzada was of the view that after completion of the project, not only the general public but farmers would also facilitated which would help them to access made better from farms to market which would also reduce their transportation costs besides better market access. The former minister said the government was giving priority to the road sector to ensure control of fatal accidents, the flow of traffic, and better-traveling facilities for commuters. On this occasion, he directed the officials of the department concerned as well as officials of local administration that besides completing the development projects on time, the funds should be used transparently. He warned that the utilization of substandard material in the execution of development projects especially road and infrastructure would not be tolerated and strict action would be taken against the officials who indulge in corrupt practices.
Later Mr Khanzada also performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the government girls’ primary school in village Asghar. The school would cater to the educational needs of hundreds of minor girls of village Asghar and nearby villages at their doorsteps. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, he said that no single school was established in tehsil Hazro during the last four years as the provincial government has not taken practical steps for strengthening the education sector, especially at the primary level and today early education system on the verge of collapse due to paucity of facilities and shortage of teaching staff as no recruitment of teachers was made during the last four years by the successive government. He said that the provincial government would utilize its all-out resources to strengthen the education and health sector in district Attock, especially the Chach area. He said the provision of basic amenities and the latest municipal services to the masses was the top priority of the government. He said that the PML leadership was well aware that inflation had hit the masses and that was why the present government was providing billions of rupees relief to control inflation.
