Iron Brother China provides Rs 2 billion for reconstruction of 58 schools in Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR, March 15: Iron Brother China has provided funds of Pakistani Rs 2 billion for the reconstruction of 58 schools in Khyber district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

On Monday, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government approved reconstruction of 58 schools in Khyber district that were damaged or destroyed due to militancy and war on terror in the area.

Itself, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has also approved Rs 10 million for reconstruction of these schools.

Chairman District Development and Advisory Committee (DDAC) Muhammad Shafiq told the journalists that China had provided funds of Pakistani Rs 2 billion for the reconstruction process.

He added that these funds have been transferred into the account of the Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and reconstruction work would start within a few days.

This project, he elaborated, was approved in 2016 but due to some delays now the cost of construction had been increased. However, he maintained that the dialogue between the provincial government and contractors were in final stages.

Scores of children were deprived of the education by the wave of militancy for at least 13 year but now the educational institutions and set up was being restored by the government.