Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has termed the accelerated and sustainable development of the newly merged districts (NMD) as one of the key focus area of his government. He expressed these views while chairing a meeting to review progress on the ongoing developmental schemes in merged districts held here at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat the other day, said an official handout issued here Sunday.
Beside, administrative secretaries of Irrigation, Communications and Works, Local Government and Public Health Engineering, the meeting was also attended by other relevant high ups. The meeting was given a detailed briefing regarding the ongoing and new development projects in various sectors in the merged districts.
Addressing participants of the meeting, the Chief Minister said that the provincial government was spending huge resources on developmental projects in newly merged districts with the aim to bring these backward areas at par with other developed areas of the province. He further said that no compromise will be made on the quantity and quality of development projects in the merged districts adding that developmental projects will be executed in all areas the tribal districts on equal basis keeping in view the population and needs of the people.
The Chief Minister directed the high-ups of all the concerned departments to further speed up the implementation of the development projects.
