Rs80m released for Karak gas supply scheme’

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly member Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel on Saturday said the provincial government had released Rs80 million for the supply of gas to Karak tehsil and Takht Nusrati area. Addressing a public meeting here, he said the government had also decided that 50 percent amount of royalty of oil and gas would be spent on the development of Banda Daud Shah tehsil. He said that work on gas supply to six villages in Karak tehsil including Mithakhel, Thordhand, Ghundi Mir Khankhel, Badinkhel, Turkikhel and Alikhel would be started soon. He added that entire village of Mithakhel would get the gas facility as 12-kilometre-long gas pipeline had been approved for the village. The MPA informed that the oil and gas exploring foreign company MOL has released Rs60.5 million as production bonus for the uplift of the area and added that drinking water supply schemes would be launched on priority basis to meet the longstanding demand of the people of Band Daud Shah tehsil.