Staff Reporter
Peshawar
More than 950 new vacancies from BS-3 upto BS-18 have been created for the Newly Merged Districts (NMDs) in Agriculture Department and its attached formations under the Accelerated Implementation Plan (AIP).
Process of recruitment against these newly created vacancies is in progress which will be completed during the upcoming financial year. This was told in a meeting held the other day with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan in the chair said an official news release issued here Saturday.
The meeting reviewed progress on the ongoing developmental schemes of Agriculture Department launched in the NMDs. The meeting was informed that 732 vacancies have been created in Livestock and Dairy Development sector, 46 in Fisheries, 106 in Soil and Water Conservation, 81 in Agriculture Engineering and 50 in Agriculture Extension.
Regarding the progress so far made on various ongoing developmental schemes it was told that Integrated Agriculture Development Scheme had been launched in the NMDs with a cost of Rs. 1500 million to promote the cultivation of vegetables and fruits under which orchards have been established on 1950 acre of land whereas vegetable seeds have been distributed for 4267 acre of land, and the scheme will be completed by the year 2022.
