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PESHAWAR, Nov 22 (APP):Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Local Government, Meena Khan Afridi on Saturday expressed anger over performance of Capital Metropolitan Government and directed to immediately initiate work on lighting, beautification and removal of encroachments on Circular Road starting next week.
Chairing a review meeting, Meena Khan said that overall performance of Capital Metropolitan was not satisfactory. He questioned about services being provided in Wazir Bagh, highlighting that despite expenditure of crores of rupees, no progress was visible due to incompetent employees.
Secretary Local Council Board Waheed-ur-Rehman briefed the participants about performance and ongoing acitvities of Capital Metropolitan. The meeting discussed various issues including bus terminals, city fire brigade, educational institutions, municipal industrial homes, women skilled centers, and public parks.
The meeting was informed that Capital Metropolitan Government Peshawar manages 518 kanals of land. There are 4354 municipal property units under the management of the Metropolitan.
A five-storey plaza comprising 37 shops and 24 residential flats is under construction near Kohati Gate while a three-storey plaza comprising a hall, basement, ground floor with 7 shops and 3 flats on the first floor is also under construction in Faqirabad.
It was told that a total of 200 daily wage workers were working in the Capital Metropolitan Government Peshawar. Four bus terminals in Peshawar city are under the management of the Metropolitan Peshawar from which a total of Rs. 62 crore has been collected. Similarly, three educational institutions are under the management of the Metropolitan and 25 handicraft centers are functional under management of the Metropolitan Peshawar. No cart peddler or stall holder is registered within the premises of the Metropolitan office and decided to find out the number of cart owners and stalls within a week.