PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has directed the concerned authorities to speed up the land acquisition process for the waste management project at Mauza Saran Azakhel area of the provincial capital.

He issued the directives during a visit to the area on Friday.

Minister Shah Farman also accompanied him, according to a statement. Atta-ur-Rehman, General Manager of Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar, briefed the CM that the land to be acquired for the project was 540 kanals.

He said the waste management project would produce 12 megawatt of electricity.

On the occasion, Mr Khattak directed that an industrial unit should also be planned at the site.

Mr Khattak also talked to the people who had gathered on the occasion, and urged them to keep a vigil over all the development activities initiated for their welfare. He said that people should ensure that the public money was spent judiciously and in a transparent manner, adding his government was accountable to the people and it wished the people were represented in the way they wished to be presented.

The chief minister claimed that his government was well-connected to the people and that all decisions would reflect the people’s aspirations.