KOHAT: Shortage of funds and non-cooperation of sister agencies have been hampering plans of the Water Supply and Sanitation Company (WSSC), Kohat, to initiate necessary projects.

WSSC media manager Asma Ali told mediapersons on Thursday that the company was doing its best to provide clean environment and potable water to the people and had many PC-1s ready in the sectors of public health engineering and sanitation.

However, she regretted that the tehsil municipal administration from which the water supply and sanitation work was transferred to WSSC was not accepting it as a separate entity besides KDA which was hampering the progress.

Official complains of non-cooperation by other organisations

She claimed that WSSC lifted 54,000 tons of garbage since its inception in 2017 and had been disposing of 100 to 120 tons daily. She added that they had disconnected 1,100 illegal water connections and given new ones besides collecting outstanding dues which were not being recovered by the TMA for decades.

She said that they needed more staff as 190-member sanitation force was not sufficient for the city.

PAPER LEAK: Investigations into the leaking of 9th class annual English paper have revealed that a principal of a private school with the connivance of watchman of a bank had stolen it a day before from the strong room.

Secretary of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Kohat, Vaqar Ahmed told mediapersons that the said question paper was available on social media a night before holding of the paper.

“We changed the paper and sent it throughout the division in the morning before start of the paper,” he said and added that further investigations were underway.

SEMINAR ON TB: Speakers at a seminar on tuberculosis termed poverty and shabby houses basic reason for contracting of the disease, saying the problem could be addressed by elevating the life standard of the people.

They said that the disease was curable, but timely diagnosis and vaccination was must to stop its spread among healthy people.

The seminar was jointly organized by the Youth Welfare Committee (YWC), Ghorazai Payan, and association for community development, Kohat district, here on Thursday.

It was addressed by district TB coordinator Dr Tariq Khan as chief guest, president regional coordinator for community development, KP, Dr Musa Khan and YWC president Ibraar Lahoti.

HANGU PROJECTS: The district nazim, Hangu, has warned the officials and contractors to complete the pending projects of 2016-2017 on priority basis by the end of current month otherwise they will be cancelled.

He was addressing a meeting of heads of line departments at Hangu district secretariat on Thursday.

He blamed the negligence of the officials and contractors for unusual delay in completion of the projects. He asked the officials to present him the annual development report with allocation of funds in next meeting.

Published in Dawn, March 22nd, 2019