PESHAWAR, Nov 7: An amount of Rs127.835 million was spent on various development projects in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas in the first quarter of the current financial year.
This was said at a meeting held here on Wednesday to review progress on development projects being implemented by the Fata Development Authority (FDA). NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai attended the meeting.
Giving a presentation on the projects, FDA chief executive Salim Khan Mohmand said that of the total allocation of Rs700 million for the current year, Rs175 million had been released during the first quarter.
He said 73 per cent of the released amount — Rs127.835 million — had been used on five schemes of small dams, minerals and skill development.—Bureau































