Mega sports projects to be completed next year, says DG Sport

PESHAWAR—Director General NWFP Sports Board and former test cricketer, Maazullah Khan has said that the the mega sports projects funded by the federal government would be completed by early next year.
The completion of 15 projects would provide international standard sports facilities to the sportsmen at the district level, Maazullah in an interview with APP here Wednesday.
In addition to othr sectors, President General Pervaiz Musharraf, gave top priority to promotion of sports. The sports projects would enable the districts to hold international events of various games, Maazullah added.
Giving break up of the projects, he said, more then 15 mega projects costing Rs.141.838 million are currently under progress in NWFP. Rs.101.838 millions projects are in progress in districts Dir Upper. Dir lower, Mansehra, Haripur, Swat, Charsadda, Mardan, Hangu, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, and provincial capital Peshawar, he disclosed. The Federal government has released the funds for these projects, he added.
Out of the total fifteen projects, 11 included laying the synthetic hockey turf at Kabal, District Swat at a cost of Rs. 35 million. The projects at Swat also included construction of Football and Cricket Stadiums.—Agencies