ADDRESSING a public gathering during his four-hour visit to Kohlu some 350 km east of Quetta, President General Pervez Musharraf announced Rs1.5 billion development plan for Kohlu district and sought people’s support for development projects in different parts of Balochistan, including Gwadar port.
“You should rest assured that resources of the province will be utilized for your wellbeing, so do not pay heed to the elements who indulge in utterly baseless propaganda,” he told the audience.
The development plan includes Rs 1 billion for a road between Kohlu and Sibi; Rs40.5 million for 14 roads in Kohlu; Rs10 million to electrify villages; Rs20 million to upgrade an intermediate college to a degree college, build a high school and a cadet school; a Rs50 million water supply scheme under which 23 tube wells would be installed; a scheme to revamp Kohlu district hospital; and a scheme to build small dams.
