our correspondent
KHYBER
Governor Khyber Pakthunkhwa Shah Farman and Chief Minister Mahmood Khan here Wednesday inspected Warsak Life Canal Project and directed the authorities concerned to complete the project by June next year.
The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Chief Minister said bringing improvement in Warsak Canal system in Peshawar and activating it as per its true potential was the top most priority of the government and directed the authorities concerned project to complete it by June 2020 without comprising on quality and standard of work.
The Chief Minister said additional resources were released for Och canal. Earlier, the Governor and CM KP were briefed about salient features of remodeling of Warsak Canal System Project and Warsak Pump House and was told that total cost of the cost of the project is Rs11137.58 million whereas Rs1486.02 million would be spent on upgradation of existing pump house.
Similarly, Rs 4671.48million has been spent so far on the project and after the up-gradation of pump house, the discharge of water would be increased into 290 cusec.
CM inaugurates Jamrud-Nowshera canal project
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan Wednesday here formally inaugurated Jamrud-Nowshera canal project in Khyber district which will benefit thousands of farmers.
The Chief Minister visited Jamrud Pump House and inaugurated the canal project. He said that the government has allocated three percent of the national finance commission award for the merged district.
To question the Chief Minister said that a committee has formed for holding talks with JUIF Chief Maulan Fazlur Rehman to hammer out a workable option convincing the Maulana sahib to refraim from going ahead with Azad March plan.
However, the CM reiterated his earlier stance saying that he would not allow the JUIF workers to proceed to Islamabad for Azadi March in case the talks failed.
