Development projects worth Rs 778m approved in KPK

ISLAMABAD : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved a number of development projects costing rupees over 778 million. According to Radio Pakistan quoting an official source, the government under a comprehensive plan is focusing on the uplift of various sectors across the province. He said the projects include rehabilitation of flood-hit infrastructure in the province at a cost of rupees 500 million and construction of a building for special Education Institute at Haripur at an estimated cost of rupees over 68 million. Similarly, the government has also planned to develop Fisheries and Aquaculture sectors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on which work will start very soon, he added.
He further said that the government has planned to establish a Carp Fish Hatchery at district Swabi for management of fisheries resources in Tarbela and Khanpur Dams adding the project will be completed at an estimated cost of rupees 100 million.

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