Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed the concerned authorities to complete the necessary arrangement for laying the foundation stone of three hundred megawatt Balakot Hydro Power Project next month.

Presiding over a meeting in Peshawar, he said the government is planning to ensure efficient utilization of hydel resources to meet the energy requirements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.  

Mahmood Khan the project will be completed at a cost eighty-five billion rupees with the financial assistant Asian Development Bank.