DERA GHAZI KHAN:
Fort Munro Development Authority Director General Saqib Aziz said on Tuesday that Fort Munro would be equipped with world class facilities to attract tourists, according to sources.
Aziz was speaking at a meeting carried out to discuss the hill station’s development.
It was revealed on the occasion that the government had released over Rs2 billion for the provision of basic facilities at the hill station in a bid to make it an important tourist haven.
Out of the funds, Rs750 million would be spent on the installation of the chairlift and cable car facility between Fort Munro and Khar, Rs300 million on the provision of clean drinking water, Rs300 million on a wastewater treatment and drainage scheme, Rs1.60 billion on the construction of six new carpeted roads and a cadet college.
Additionally, state-of-the-art landscaping initiatives and the cultivation of cut flowers would also promote development in the region and open new avenues of employment.
The decision to task the FMDA with overseeing the development projects and their on-time completion was taken at the meeting presided by FMDA chairman Owais Leghari.
