Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani on Monday said that communication uplift schemes worth 14 billion rupees would change the sketch of Abbottabad district on completion.
Rs 14 billion for the expansion of existing road networks would even benefit the people up to Gilgit Baltistan, he said adding with the grace of Allah Almighty our government has come up to the expectations of the people. We not only focused on local development but also carried out massive development on a vast collective scale.
We made tireless efforts for the promotion of health, education, communication and basic infrastructure sectors in Abbottabd and lesson the burden of patients at Ayub Teaching Hospital by according the status of Category-A to the DHQ Hospital Abbottabad.
He said now a new state-of-the-art building would be constructed here wherein specialist doctors, surgeons and experts for modern laboratories including ultra-sound would be employed for providing best services to the people.
He was addressing the inaugural function of renovation costing Rs 2.4million under the name of late Abdul Hamid Qureshi at Kanj Kehal, Abbottabad. MNA Ali Khan Jadoon, local leaders of PTI and a large number of people were present at the occasion.
He said there were complaints against WASA with regard to the performance and warned that WASA department should rectify the situation adding if any complaint from the four union councils was received strict action would be initiated. If the WASA was unable to provide a clean atmosphere to the people then the affairs should be handed over to the TMA office, he said.
He said WASA should also take action on wastage of water in streets and towns of their areas and if found someone responsible his or her water connection should be disconnected.
The Speaker further said that electricity system in the main bazaar of Abbottabad was being updated adding the bazaar would be made a model for others to be replicated. Contrary to the past regimes, he said the performance of PTI was visible to all.
For the construction of new building of District Hospital, he said a fund of Rs one billion has been released by the government adding the building would provide all medical facilities under one roof.
Referring to the people of Kehal, he said you people have fix the responsibility on our shoulders by voting us and now if there was any issue the people of Kehal can contact him directly. He said it was now the time to work for the area people.
MNA Ali Khan Jadoon in his address to the gathering said Rs 1.5 million has been approved for electricity projects of Union Council Kehal Urban under which all the worn-out and out dated electricity wires and systems would be upgraded.
He also assured for survey of the area for up-gradation of Sui gas lines and said Rs 14 billion have been approved for expansion of main highways. Of the total amount, he said Rs 6 billion would be provided by the provincial government. He said people’s encouragement was necessary to carry out the uplift works.
