Mansehra: Saudi Arabia has pledged to execute the PKR 2 billion Mansehra water supply scheme that was abandoned by Japan International Cooperation Agency, a news source quoted MPA Babar Saleem Swati. He said talks between the Saudi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments were near completion and Chief Minister Mehmood Khan would inaugurate the work soon.
Stressing the need to address water woes without delay, Swati said that the provincial government was committed to tackling water woes in Mansehra city and adjoining areas.
He said Mansehra had a strategic position with regards to hosting many China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, adding that the government was following international standards for execution of all projects.
Separately, the provincial government has disbursed development funds worth PKR 180 million for village and neighbourhood councils. Sources privy to the development said the finance department had released the second tranche for equal distribution to 194 villages and neighbourhood councils.
