PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has directed the high-ups of relevant departments to take result-oriented steps for completion of all developmental schemes of public welfare within the stipulated time period.

He directed officials to put in place an effective mechanism of close coordination amongst all the relevant departments for timely approval of Schedules of New Expenditures ( SNEs), PC-1s and summaries of developmental schemes from the competent forums, said an official statement here on Sunday.

It said that the chief minister was chairing a meeting here the other day to review progress on developmental projects of Swat district under Annual Developmental Programme of the current financial year.

These projects include public welfare schemes in health, education, irrigation, agriculture, public health engineering, tourism, sports and roads sectors.

The meeting was informed that the project of establishment of Agricultural University Peshawar Campus at Takhtaband with a cost of Rs500 million had been completed and was ready for inauguration.

It was informed that developmental portfolio of Swat district under the current ADP included construction of Tehsil Municipal Administration Complex Matta, upgrading of basic health units in Bar Shawar and Darnmai to rural health centres, establishment of divisional food and drug testing laboratory, establishment of three comprehensive health units, upgradation of tehsil headquarters hospital in Kabal, establishment of Paeds Hospital, establishment of Women University Swat, establishment of Burns and trauma Centre Matta, establishment of colleges in Wanai, Bagh Dherai and Saidu Sharif, reconstitution of district jail, solarisation of various mosques, widening and blacktopping of 16-kilmotre long Sakhra-Gabbin Jabba Road, construction and blacktopping of 35-kilomtre Manglawar-Malam Jabba Road, gasification of Khawzakhela, Matta and many other schemes in various sectors.

Published in Dawn, March 16th, 2020