Communications secretary unhappy with slow road projects, orders work sped up

QUETTA: A meeting to review progress on Phases I and II of the road sector of the Balochistan Socio-Economic Development Projects was held under the chair of Secretary Communications and Works Babar Khan. Project Coordinator Balochistan Socio-Economic Development Projects Shahzad Hasan Jafar, Chief Engineer Kalat-Khuzdar Zone Azizullah Kasi, Chief Engineer Nasirabad Zone Muhammad Bashir Nasir and Technical Adviser Ehsanullah Khan Dotani attended. District engineers of Jhal Magsi, Sherani, Gwadar, Khuzdar, Noshki, Panjgur, Zhob, Washuk and Awaran also took part.

The meeting was given a detailed briefing on progress on all development projects in Phases I and II of the road sector.

Secretary Communications and Works Babar Khan said completing the ongoing development projects within the financial year, even ahead of schedule, was the department’s first priority. Expressing dissatisfaction with the pace of completion, he said slow progress on important projects would not be tolerated under any circumstances. He strictly directed that work on all projects be made faster and better.

He said the completion of these projects in the remote and backward areas of the province would put those areas on the path to progress and prosperity. It would make their links with cities easier, he said, and people from all walks of life living there would benefit. The secretary said better infrastructure and timely completion of development projects would bring progress and prosperity to the province, and remote areas would receive the benefits of these projects as soon as possible.

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