Koh-e-Suleman administration headquarters will be made functional this year and a cadet college at the Fort Munro hill station will be completed early to provide the best educational facilities to local students, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar announced on Thursday.
Talking to tribal elders in Barthi area of Dera Ghazi Khan who submitted various applications and informed him about local problems, the chief minister issued directives for their solution. He said he knew the public problems as he represented the people living in remote areas of the province. “The development journey has been kick-started, which will be taken forward at an accelerated pace,” he added.
The chief minister announced a plan to connect Choki Wala with Balochistan through a road link to reduce the travelling distance by about 120 kilometres.
He said a cement factory and industrial estate would provide new job opportunities to the locals, while Fazilka Kach and other areas of Koh-e-Suleman will be provided electricity through a solar grid station to be set up at Barthi.
Upgrading of health and education centres in the area would improve the access of locals to vital facilities, he said and added that the development schemes would be strictly monitored to ensure transparency and quality.
