MINGORA, Nov 8: ViceChancellor of University of Swat Professor Mohammad Jahanzeb Khan said on Friday that the provincial government had approved Rs1,500 million for starting work on Charbagh campus of the university.

Talking to the participants of a meeting of all the sectional heads at the Odigram campus, he said the provincial government in its PDWP meeting held on November 5 approved the project of `establishment of University of Swat, phase-1` Mr Jahanzeb said that the total cost of the project was estimated at Rs2,500 million of which the provincial government would pay Rs1,500 million and the rest would be provided by the federal government. -Correspondent