RAWALPINDI, April 10: Rawalpindi, Gujar Khan and Kahuta Tehsils will be getting a bigger share in any future grant received by the district during the current financial year.

This was decided at the meeting of the District Mushawrati Board which met here on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by acting district Nazim Raja Javed Ikhlas and attended by all Tehsil Nazims of Rawalpindi district.

The Nazims of Rawalpindi, Gujar Khan and Kahuta objected to the funds distribution formula prescribed for the Khushal Pakistan Programme (KPP), saying the allocations for their Tehsils was adversely affected by the formula.

Under the present formula, half of the allocation for the district is equally distributed among the Tehsils while the remaining is distributed according to their population size.

Under the formula, Taxila Tehsil got the highest share in KPP funds per union council (Rs1.95 million), followed by Kotli Sattian (Rs1.85 million), Murree (Rs1.55 million), Kahuta (Rs1.05 million), Gujar Khan (Rs9.5 million) and Rawalpindi (Rs0.75 million).

The Nazims of the three Tehsils getting the least allocation requested the district government to reconsider the decision as they were under intense pressure from the union council Nazims.

Raja Ikhlas in his ruling said a major chunk of any future allocation received during the current fiscal year would be provided to these Tehsils as compensation, while the remaining would be distributed among the Tehsils according to the already existing formula.

Several other issues related to day-to-day managing of the Tehsil municipal administrations were discussed at length and various outstanding matters were resolved.

The Board decided to involve the army’s Engineering Branch for proper utilization of funds for development schemes.

According to the decision it would be mandatory to provide a completion certificate by the concerned union council Nazim and nominated officer of the Army Engineering Branch.

Replying to queries regarding shortage of teachers and doctors being faced by various Tehsils, the meeting was told by the acting Nazim that appointment letters of doctors had been issued and they would very soon be joining their duties, while teachers’ appointment would be completed within a month.

The meeting also decided to spend Rs222 million funds of Murree Kahuta Development Authority on the ongoing and incomplete schemes.

The District Mushawrati (advisory) Board would now meet once every month.