KARAK, April 18: The Chairman of the NWFP Assembly Standing Committee on Works and Service, Mian Nisar Gul, on Wednesday said that all villages of Banda Daud Shah tehsil would be supplied water from the Sharqi Dam.

Speaking at a function held at the Hayatabad Middle School, Mr Gul said that with the financial assistance from Japan clean drinking water would be provided to the villages of Banda Daud Shah from the dam.

He said that under the Community Infrastr-

ucture Project hand-pumps and pressure pumps would also be installed.

The ceremony was also addressed by Gurgury union council nazim Aqal Baba.—APP

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