Rs1b uplift project
launched in Chitral
The News
CHITRAL: A rupees one billion, Norwegian funded, Chitral Integrated Area
Development Programme was launched in the district on Tuesday.
Launching the project at a function, Norwegian ambassador Robert Clay
said his country had old relation with
this remote but beautiful region.
“We have a long relationship with you. Expeditions from Norway visited
Chitral way back in 1929, 1949, and 1969 in a bid to conquer Terichmir,”
the envoy said.
Some of the members of the expedition teams also wrote books about the
peculiar culture of this beautiful region, he said. “Chitral Integrated
Area Development Programme is our fourth bid to interact with the
peaceful people of this area,” he added.
The ambassador hoped that the people of Chitral would take full
advantage of the project. “We want the people of Chitral developed
economically and have no other ambition,” he added. Commandant of
Chitral Scouts, district coordination officer and representatives of
civil society organisations were present on the occasion.
It was astonishing that none of the elected representatives including
MNA and MPAs were present during the launching ceremony of the vital
project. The representatives of the implementing partners AKDN, IUCN and
SRSP were also found questioning the modus operandi of the project.
--(The News)
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