SWABI, June 2: A controversy over construction of a new building for the Maneri Payan high school, which was delayed for six months, was finally resolved after a local jirga and district nazim Jehanzeb Khan arrived at an agreement. The government has allocated Rs12.6 million for the new building of the school.

The controversy mainly centred on the location of the school building, which turned so bad that at one time the government was considering to divert the funds to some other project in the district, sources said.

However, the jirga and the district government arrived at an agreement and gave a green signal to the works and services department to immediately start work on the project.

Earlier, the department was stopped by the local people from starting work on the school building.

The sources said that the old building of the school would be given to the girls’ high school if the government provided funds for its repair and renovation.