LAKKI MARWAT: A project is going to be launched in the coming weeks to provide clean drinking water to the residents of rural localities and equip public sector educational institutions with basic facilities in Lakki Marwat district, says an official of the local cement factory.

In a presentation to journalists from Lakki Marwat and DI Khan at National Club Dera, the factory`s general manager Mohammad Anwar Tariq said under the project over Rs10 million would be spent on installation of solar-powered water supply schemes and setting up computer labs in government schools.

`Under CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiative the company has run regular educational campaigns in the schools located in rural localities of Lakki and Dera districts,` he maintained.

Mr Tariq said the factory focused on infrastructure development, book distribution among students, organising reading and sports activities.

Besides the company also provided sports and recreational facilities at the Gomal University in DI Khan, he added.

He said the establishment of factory enhanced the value of property in Pezu town and adjacent localities besides it provided employment to around 3,000 locals. `It also established a dispensary with ambulance vehicle and medicine facilities to ensure free healthcare to the local population,` he claimed, saying the company was a major donor of the women and children hospital located in Ghaznikhel town.-Correspondent