KOHAT: Adviser to the chief minister on youth affairs Amjad Afridi inaugurated a solar power unit for Shadikhel water supply scheme and announced construction of an intermediate college for girls in the area.

During the inaugural ceremony here, Afridi said synchronisation of priorities by local government representatives and parliamentarians was necessary to resolve the people’s problems.

He said the elected representatives should know about the people’s problems before finding their solutions.

“MPs and councillors should be aware of the problems of their respective areas to ensure corrective measures are taken,” he said.

The adviser said he got sanctioned gas supply for his constituency from the federal government but an MNA moved the high court insisting it was a federal subject.

He said approval had also been granted to the carpeting of Mohallah Kalan Road at a cost of Rs10 million, replacement of rusted water pipes at a cost of Rs3 million and installation of new transformers and poles in the area.

Afridi said with the solar power unit for water scheme at a cost of Rs4.2 million, the residents of Shadikhel would get water round the clock even when there was long loadshedding of electricity.

Councillor of Dhoda union council Gulzar Ahmad and district councillor Babar Afridi, who were also in attendance, said they were committed to resolving the people’s problems.

They said as soon as the Kohat local government got its due funds from the provincial government, efforts to address the people’s basic problems, especially those related to roads and water supply, would begin.

‘KILLER’ ARRESTED: Police arrested a teenage boy after he allegedly killed a boy in Dhoda village here on Tuesday.

The teenager, identified as Obaid, told Bilitang police that one Naeem Khan of the same village repeatedly tried to make immoral advances on him. He said that fed up with the situation he took Naeem to the nearby fields and shot him dead. The villagers found his body and informed the police about the incident.

The police sent the body for postmortem to the KDA divisional hospital and then handed it over to the relatives. Later, they launched search in the area and reached the accused through clues provided by some villagers. The police have registered a case against the accused.

Published in Dawn, September 30th , 2015

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