Govt turned earthquake into opportunity by better reconstruction: Musharraf
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MUZAFFARABAD (updated on:
October 08, 2007, 15:48 PST):
President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday said the earthquake challenge had been converted into an opportunity by rebuilding the lives of earthquake-affected people on modern lines in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the NWFP.
Talking to media after inaugurating the Jalalabad Park in Muzaffarabad, the President said better houses, state-of-the-art infrastructure including road network, healthcare facilities and educational institutions were being reconstructed in the quake-affected areas.
President Musharraf said the United Nations and other international organisations had termed Pakistan’s efforts for the reconstruction of quake-devastated areas better as compared to the efforts carried out in the aftermath of Katrina and Tsunami.
The President said the whole nation deserves commendation as it was galvanised in the wake of the earthquake tragedy and reached out to the earthquake victims.
Earlier in Mansehra this morning, the President performed the ground-breaking ceremony of 65 kilometres long Naran Balakot road which was destroyed in the earthquake. The road would cost Rs 2.3 billion.
Later, the President inaugurated a secondary school at Chitta Watta near Mansehra to be constructed by the Turkish government.
President Musharraf lauded the efforts of Turkish government and its vital assistance in the reconstruction phase.
The President said the nation showed unmatched resolve and determination to meet the challenge of earthquake tragedy and termed it highly commendable.
The President said those elements who painted a dooms day scenario in the wake of the natural calamity must come and see the reconstruction efforts in the area where earthquake resistant houses, modern healthcare and educational facilities and infrastructure were being constructed.
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan),
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