Multan: The Punjab government has issued a letter to the Koh-e-Suleman Development Authority (KSDA); seeking proposals for territorial jurisdiction declaration from the civic body, according to news sources. The provincial executive had previously announced its decision to develop a tribal belt on the Suleman Mountain Ranges that stretch from Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan to Rajanpur.
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According to a KSDA official, the authority would have jurisdiction over Rajanpur and DG Khan’s tribal areas. He further revealed that provincial government wanted to develop mountainous areas and other scenic sites in order to boost tourism.
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Previously in January 2020, the Fort Monroe Development Authority (FMDA) was re-renamed the Koh-e-Suleman Development Authority (KSDA) under the Fort Monroe Development Authority (FMDA) Amendment Act, 2019.
In a related development, a combination of Japanese architectural masterpiece steel bridges was recently opened to support inter-provincial traffic passing through the DG Khan–Fort Monroe section of the N-70 Highway.