PESHAWAR: Local government minister Faisal Amin Gandapur on Saturday inaugurated work on the New Peshawar Valley here and said the initiative would turn the capital into a model city.

He also distributed ‘letters of intimation’ to the people, whose land has been acquired for the housing project, during the launching ceremony on the premises of the Peshawar Development Authority here.

An official statement quoted the minister as telling participants that the project will “not be just a jungle of concrete structures but an eco-friendly beautiful city.”

He said On this occasion, minister Gandapur told reporters that after Islamabad, the mega city project that was developed under a comprehensive master plan for the first time in the history of the country, was a big residential project in terms of environment and architecture.

He said the project would be an ‘aesthetic masterpiece with a wide artificial lake, spacious parks, playgrounds and educational, health, sports and cultural facilities.

NPV project manager Dr Mohammad Zeeshan Ahad informed participants about the project and the proposed New Peshawar Valley would be five times bigger than Hayatabad and would be developed in six major mawaziat of Peshawar and Nowshera districts.

He said the project covering 101,000 acres of land would be enough for 800,000 people.

“As directed by the chief minister and local government minister, this modern township will have 80,000 residential units spread over three marlas-four kanals of land to meet the needs of all segments of people, while an additional area of 4,000 kanals is being added for wide highways,” he said.

Published in Dawn, August 21st, 2022