KHYBER
Establishing a toll plaza on Pak-Afghan highway, Khyber was unanimously rejected by the councilors in the tehsil council meeting held in jirga hall on Wednesday.
It is to be mentioned here that NHA has planned to erect toll plazas on all major highways including Pak-Afghan highways.
Chaired by presiding officer, Wali Muhammad Shinwari, the meeting was attended by Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO) Shahbaz Khan, Tehsil Chairman Haji Shah Khalid besides a number of village and neighborhood councils chairmen and councilors of Landi Kotal sub-division.
The local bodies’ representatives thoroughly discussed the issue and collectively rejected the plan of structuring of toll plaza at Pak-Afghan road by the National Highway Authority.
We will not let anyone steal our resources, they remarked.
They went on that if attempted to forcibly materialize the plan in the area, they would effectively resist it, the councilors vowed.
The councilors asked the provincial government to forthwith provide female teaching staff to twenty three State-run girls’ schools in Landi Kotal, suspended due to lack of female teachers.
They also demanded the provincial government to reserve and bestow a twenty percent budget to the local bodies so that the counselors could play an effective role in the uplift of the people of their constituencies.
