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330 million rupees allocated for Torkhow road ...MNA

By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: The federal government has allocated a sum of Rs330 million for the widening and black topping of Booni-Torkhow road in upper part of the district, MNA Shahzada Mohiuddin told chitraltimes.com here on Wednesday.

He said that out of the total allocation, an amount of 100 million rupees has been earmarked for the project in the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2009-10 and work on the project will start in July. He said upon completion of work on the 28-km-long road, a long-standing demand of the area people would be fulfilled. He said that the scenic valleys of Khot, Rech, Melp and Zewar Gol will be exposed to tourism which were not easily accessible for want of road while the exploration of the rich mineral deposit also awaited road infrastructure. The MNA said that development of both the sectors will ensure employment of hundreds of jobless in the area. He said the federal government had also sanctioned funds for timely completion of the ongoing projects in Chitral which included Atahk water channel, widening and black topping of Booni-Shandur road and construction of truckable suspension bridge in Mastuj.