PESHAWAR: The residents of Warsak Road, Shahi Bala, Kafor Dheri and its adjacent areas have vowed to resist the launch of a housing project.Terming the project anti-people and anti-farmer, the.
May 19, 2021
PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday inaugurated a residential project for industrial workers in Peshawar during his visit to the city’s Shahi Bala area, ARY NEWS reported.
The prime minister was accompanied by Chief Minister KP Mahmood Khan during the inauguration of Labour Complex Shahi Bala. The project of the KP government will provide flats to 2056 families of industrial workers registered with the provincial government after a balloting process.
A quota of three percent is set aside for widows and two percent for differently-abled people in the project, which would also have a school comprising 30 classrooms.
The prime minister while addressing the inauguration ceremony said that it is for the first time that housing facilities are provided to the labour class. “These flats could be acquired by paying an amount equivalent to rent paid by a common man,” he said.
The unequal distribution of facilities and amenities is the main reason for the growing urbanisation of Peshawar
The city engulfs its pastoral
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Anwar Gul, 66, resides in what was once the most green area of Peshawar city, on the Ring Road in Pishtakhara village. Before the war in Afghanistan, the Ring Road was an isolated and deserted path; it was known for being dangerous after dusk. At the time, Gul’s family would grow wheat, maize, vegetables and flowers on their farmland. The outskirts of Peshawar could sustain food production for the entire provincial capital. In the aftermath of 9/11, money flooded in, the unsustainable economy was bolstered and the Peshawar Ring Road became one of the busiest roads.