‘Work on Mansehra gas pipeline project to start soon’

MANSEHRA: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Mohammad Yousaf said on Sunday that the government had approved Rs700 million for laying natural gas pipeline from Abbottabad to Mansehra and work on the project would be started in near future.
“PM Nawaz Sharif has been taking personal interest in developing remote areas of Mansehra and approved Rs700 million for pipeline, through which natural gas would be supplied to Balakot and Oghi tehsils,” he said while inaugurating gas supply to Ogra and adjoining areas.
District Nazim Sardar Said Ghulam, MPA Sardar Zahoor and Tehsil Nazim Khuram Khan Swati also spoke on the occasion. Sardar Yousuf said the 12-inch diameter gas pipeline would be laid from Abbottabad to Mansehra to supply gas to Pakhal, Oghi, Balakot and Shinkiari.
He said the prime minister would inaugurate second phase of motorway from Havelian to Chatarplain in early December.“The motorway would bring a revolution in lives of people of Hazara and they could travel to Islamabad in only 2/3 of the time being spent now,” he said.MPA Sardar Zahoor, District Nazim Sardar Said Ghulam and Tehsil Nazim Khuram Khan also addressed the ceremony.