SHANGLA: An important road project was inaugurated here on Saturday which would connect Puran tehsil of Shangla with Mingora, Swat, and reduce the distance between the two districts from current 104-kilometre to 51km and travel time by half.

The 21km road is being built from Enawar to Kalil Kandaw – a tourist destination of Shangla.

The road inauguration ceremony was held at Enawar area of Makhozi where Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf former provincial minister Abdul Munim was chief guest. Tehsil chairman Abdul Maula and PTI local leaders were also present on the occasion.

Addressing the ceremony, Mr Munim claimed that Chief Minister Mahmood Khan had approved Rs2 billion for uplift projects from his special funds for PK-24, Shangla, in different annual development schemes so far.

He said 14km road from Aloch to Pandoria had been completed and the same road was then extended to Enawar which was near completion.

“The 21km road from Enawar to Kalil Kandaw was included by the chief minister in 2021-22 ADP, and work on the project costing Rs270 million has been started today,” he said and added that it would connect Puran with Haji Baba, Mingora, and also boost local tourism.

The new road projects would bring a positive change in the people’s lives.

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2022

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