Minister opens two projects worth Rs10m in Khanpur
The Upper Khanpur region was quite backward before our control; now, this land is being sold at the price of gold, said Arshad Ayub, Minister of Irrigation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the occasion of the inauguration of a tube well in Pind Munim worth Rs 5 million and the construction of roads and streets in village Jab worth Rs 5 million. Similarly, a study has been done in the fields of energy, water, education, health, and other sectors, revealing significant variations between the past and the present. Former Federal Minister Umar Ayub, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and former Provincial Minister Yousaf Ayub, as well as residents, were present on the occasion
The newly inaugurated projects included Government Degree College Kohala Bala worth Rs.4.70million, Rs5.5 million PCC Road to Neelan Hilli, a bridge at a cost of Rs8.3 million and flood protection wall worth Rs5 million.
Speaking on the occasion, the minister said it would not be a common college but technical education would be given in it along with BS, MS programmes. “Development of human resources is always done through education. The establishment of the college is a project through which the people of the area will see a change and prosperity in future,” he went on to add.
He ordered the C & W Department to complete work in the given time-frame so the college should be functional on time and classes can be launched immediately.
He said that time was not far away when the children of the people living here would become generals, doctors and engineers.
The minister said that the federal government was deliberately not paying Rs190 billion dues to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, due to which the province was facing economic problems.
“The central government is punishing the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for supporting PTI,” he said, adding, “The financial woes of the PTI’s government was deepening with every passing day and the people of KP are bearing the brunt of the anti-people policy of the “imported” central government.”
The provincial minister said that the provincial government was exposed to difficulties in providing subsidies of worth Rs35 billion on account of wheat flour and Rs30 billion on Insaf Sehat Card as the central government had deliberately withheld the release of funds on account of NFC award. “The central government is virtually punishing the people of KP province for voting the PTI to power twice since 2013,” he added.