Repair of British-era Kohat-Darra road demanded.

KOHAT -- The local people have demanded repair and maintenance of the crumbling British-era hilly road, also called the old Indus Highway, between Kohat and Darra Adamkhel tribal subdivision.

The road is in use of heavy traffic after the construction of the Kohat tunnel, where the heavy vehicles are not allowed to pass through.

The 11-kilometre road snaking through a mountain was constructed in 1927, but the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority has totally neglected its repair and maintenance.

Rasheed Paracha, a prominent businessman, said the road was fast crumbling due to plying of the heavy traffic, but the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority had ignored its upkeep.

Mr Paracha demanded that the hilly road should be widened to help stop occurrence of fatal accidents.

Masood Khalil Advocate, an office-bearer of Awami National Party, said the government could rid people of the hazardous journey on the hilly road by constructing a shortest road by removing a small mountain in the Bosti Khel area of Darra to link it to the Hangu highway and the Kohat district.

He said the road could further be linked to the Peshawar and Bannu bypass roads.

GOOD POLICING STRESSED: DIG Kohat division Tayyab Hafeez Cheema has stressed that if the aspiration for rule of law, justice, merit, and public safety is a priority before the police officials then the standard of good policing can be achieved easily and effectively.

He stated this while speaking at a meet-the-press and award-giving ceremony at the Kohat Police Club on Tuesday...

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