PESHAWAR: The government has disposed of 101,569 kilogrammes of plastic bags across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 50,883 kilogrammes in Peshawar, while 84 shops and plastic factories have been sealed in the city, said an official statement here on Sunday.

In addition, action against drug addicts is in progress in the provincial capital and 2,165 drug addicts have been sent to rehabilitation centres in two months with the support of Department of Social Welfare and Police.

The statement said that Chief Minister Mahmood Khan was briefed about performance of the district administration, Peshawar, and progress made so far on the Peshawar Revival Plan.

During the briefing, it was stated that 86 unsafe gas cylinders had been removed from hotels and 405 CNG cylinders from school vans so far.

The meeting was also briefed about the progress made so far on the implementation of Peshawar Revival Plan and informed that the district administration had held two meetings with the consultation of concerned MPAs to address problems of the people in Peshawar city.

CM briefed about performance of Peshawar district administration

The first meeting was held in November 2019, in which a total of 23 issues were heard and resolved on the spot, while the second meeting was held in Dec 2019, in which 18 of 25 public issues were resolved.

Similarly, gas cylinders had also been inspected in 1,651 cars and 886 public transport vehicles.

In the last one year, 505 operations were carried out in the campaign against encroachment, resulting in recovery of 579 kanals of state land, 306 markets inspected, during which 1,164 shops were closed and 1,374 cabins and 475 signboards removed.

The meeting was also briefed about the anti-polio campaign and improvement of overall law and order situation in Peshawar. It was informed that under the Peshawar Revival Plan, PC-1 of the project had been approved to restore the historical status of Peshawar city and the strategy of ‘Remove, Repair, Realign, Renovate, Restore and Revive’ had been prepared. Under the plan, so far 115 shop signboards have been removed and replaced, and 1,000 saplings planted near Bacha Khan Flyover.

Officials said that estimated cost of the planned PC-1 was Rs45 million, including clean and green activities for the city. The meeting was also briefed about the traffic management plan for Peshawar. The entire city has been divided into six zones, while Zone-F has been started as a pilot project.

Published in Dawn, February 3rd, 2020