ABBOTTABAD: Director General Kaghan Development Authority (KDA) Asif Khan has said an anti-encroachment drive would be launched to remove illegal constructions along the N-15 (expressway) and from the bed of River Kunhar to make the Kaghan and Naran valleys more attractive for local and foreign tourists.
He was speaking during a meeting called by Hazara division commissioner Riaz Khan Mehsud here the other day.
The KDA director general said owners of hotels and restaurants had been asked not to throw garbage into the River Kunhar. He said steps were afoot to protect the national parks in the valleys, manage traffic, rehabilitate the Karakoram highway and other roads.
He said KDA would get R200 million grant in aid. He also briefed the participants about transfer of forest waste land, allocation of funds for establishment of a walnut oil extraction mill, tulip nursery, state-of-the-art rest areas in Malkandi and a school of fisheries and aquatics.
The meeting was called following Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Naran the other day. The participants also discussed construction of Batakundi Lalazar chairlift and a seven kilometres pony track from Lake Saiful Muluk to Lake Ansoo.
The commissioner Hazara directed the departments concerned to ensure early start of work on the projects and their timely completion.
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