Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to shift all the marble factories from Warsak Road Peshawar and Shabqadar to the newly established Mohmand Economic Zone (MEZ). It has further been decided that in addition to grant in aid, plots would be given on concessional rates to the marble factory owners who voluntarily shift their factories to the Mohmand Economic Zone.
The decision has been made to overcome the issue of environmental pollution in the provincial capital and to facilitate these scattered marble factories by providing them a conducive environment to operate in an organized manner. Similarly, the government has also decided to started physical work on the proposed Buner Marble City project with the aim to promote marble industry and to provide job opportunities to the people.
This was decided in a meeting held here on Wednesday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair to review the progress on Mohmand Economic Zone and Buner Marble City. Special Assistants to CM Arif Ahmad Zai, Riaz Khan, Secretary Mineral department, Chief Executive Officer Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zone Development & Management Company Javed Khattak and other concerned high ups attended the meeting. The Chief Minister has directed the quarter concerned to devise way forward in consultation with the marble factory owners for shifting the marble factories from Warsak Road to Mohmand Economic Zone adding that a complete action plan to this effect be submitted within the two week time period.
