PESHAWAR
On the directives of the KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, the Commissioner Peshawar Division, Riaz Khan Mehsud has decided the provision of employment to the daily-wage unemployed labourers in the projects initiated under Peshawar Uplift Programme (PUP).
The decision was taken in a meeting held here on Friday with Commissioner Peshawar Division, Riaz Khan Mehsud in the chair. Besides, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Peshawar, Shafiullah Khan, Secretary Communication & Works (C&W), Secretary Housing, Secretary Irrigation, Regional Municipal Officer (RMO) and Tehsil Municipal Officers (TMOs) of all tehsils attended the meeting. As per directives of the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, all TMAs of Peshawar were directed for collecting data of the daily-wage labourers usually sitting on road side in search of work on the city roads to provide them employment in ongoing projects initiated under Peshawar Uplift Programme. A similar directive was also issued for collecting such data from contractors. Furthermore, directives were also issued for complete cleaning of the busy traffic junctions of Karkhano Market, Bacha Chowk, Charsadda Road and Phase III Chowk within a period of two weeks and plantation on both sides of Canal Road, Ring Road, Motorway Chowk to Toll Plaza Section of Motorway, installation of sodium streetlights, beautification of BRT under passes and construction of parking plaza to control of heavy traffic near Hayat Shaheed Teaching Hospital.
The meeting also decided immediate starting of work on the beautification of the major and historic bazaars of the interior city to revive the lost glory of the such places, installation of under-ground power cables and construction of sanitation drains from Kissa Khwani to Chowk Yadgar and Indher Sheher on modern lines with immediate effect. Addressing the participants of the meeting, Commissioner Peshawar, Riaz Khan Mehsud said that the Peshawar Uplift Programme would be proved a uplift programme in real sense when the real status and historic position of the city would be resolved and said that hectic efforts were being made for the achievement of this goal.
