Work begins on green belt near KDA town
The Urban Development Authority (UDA), Kohat, here on Saturday launched the establishment of a green belt on one kilometer stretch of old Indus Highway road in front of KDA Township under the ‘Clean and Green Pakistan’ initiative.
UDA director Engineer Saeed Khattak is supervising the project for which plants have been donated by the Kohat Cement Company.
Speaking on the occasion, he said the department would take full care of the plants so that saplings grew into trees and improved the environment. He said the belt would start from Gate No 3 to Gulshanabad Chowk.
Meanwhile, Darra Adamkhel assistant commissioner Younis Khan inaugurated tree plantation under the ‘Green and Clean Pakistan’ initiative by planting a sapling at his office.
The members of corona rapid response teams (RRTs) announced a boycott of collecting samples on Saturday in protest against nonpayment of allowance for last eight months despite promises by high officials.
The Kohat team comprises Dr Adil for Darra Adamkhel, Dr Noor Kamal, Dhoda, Dr Irfan and Dr Wasif, Lachi tehsil, Dr Rizwan, Gumbat, Dr Rafique for Kharmatu and others.
Dr Jamshed, who oversees collection of samples, told this correspondent that RRTs were constituted in January 2021. He claimed that the funds had arrived, but the director-general health, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was not signing the release. He said they had been spending on conveyance from their own pockets.