Mr Khan also laid foundation stone for Sanam Dam project at Dir lower
PESHAWAR
Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Thursday performed the ground-breaking of Swat Motorway Phase-II near Chakdara interchange.
The 88 Km long Swat Motorway Phase-II starting from Chakdara and culminating at Fatehpur will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 36.404 billion.
The Chief Minister paid a day-long visit to Dir Lower and Malakand districts where he inaugurated newly completed projects and laid the foundation stone of various new projects worth billions of rupees.
According to the details, the Chief Minister formally performed the groundbreaking of the mega project Swat Motorway Phase-II near Chakdara interchange. Initially, this Motorway would have four lanes extendable to six lanes in the future.
As many as 9 interchanges at various sites and 8 bridges on the river Swat would be constructed under the project.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister termed Swat Motorway Phase-II as a flagship project for the sustainable development of the area and said that the project on completion would prove to be a masterpiece of road communication.
The Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone for the construction of Sanam Dam project at Asbanr, Tehsil Adenzai district Dir lower, which would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 2 billion.
Sanam dam, having a designed discharge capacity of 10 cusecs, would cultivate a command area of 2150 acres.
The Chief Minister termed these projects of vital importance for the food security of the province, adding that the CRBC project has also been approved.
Its completion would cultivate around 4 lakh acres of land.
Mahmood Khan stated that KP mostly depends on other provinces in terms of agricultural produce and that’s why the provincial government is working to make this province self-sufficient in this regard.
Mahmood Khan on the occasion also inaugurated newly established projects “Chakdara Bypass road” and “Special Education Complex Chakdara” which have been completed at a total cost of Rs 540 million. Similarly, he performed the ground breaking of a Public Park Chakdara, the construction of a BS block at Government Degree College Gulabad and the construction of a stadium at Asbanr.
Later on, the Chief Minister, during his visit to district Malakand, performed the ground breaking of Burn & Trauma Centre, Thalassemia Centre and Cardiology Unit at District Headquarter Hospital Batkhela which would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 1.212 billion.
The Chief Minister stated that the Burn/ Trauma Centre, Thalassemia Centre and Cardiology Unit as unique and first ever facilities in the whole division, adding that almost 0.721 million population of district Malakand and 1.953 million population of district Dir Lower/ Upper, Bajur and Swat would be facilitated from the project.
Additionally, the projects will also help in reducing the burden on the Tertiary Care Hospitals of the province. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone of Government Degree College and a Public Library at Batkhela.
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