Rawalpindi: The Local Government Department has issued PKR 3,578 million for 325 development projects of various local administrative departments in Rawalpindi, a news source reported. These include the neighbourhood and panchayat councils formed under the Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation, seven tehsil councils and six municipal corporations.
The Tehsil Council Rawalpindi, following its delimitation, has received a lower chunk of development funds compared to Gojar Khan. Moreover, the 70 neighbourhood councils formed under the Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation have been issued a total of PKR 1.37 billion.
Meanwhile, for panchayat councils formed under the tehsil councils, a total of PKR 1.23 billion have been released. Of these, the largest amount has gone to Tehsil Gojar Khan at PKR 395 million and for Rawalpindi the funds issued amount to PKR 288 million.
On the other hand, PKR 968 million have been issued for 6 municipal corporations of the district.
