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Introduction
The directorate of Local Government and Rural Development (LG & RD) was
established in 1973 and shifted to the Governors Secretariat (FATA) in 2000. It
is headed by a director with his representatives, Assistant Directors, in each
agency. The directorate has access to communities at the grassroots level and
works closely with the elders, maliks, counsellors and PA of the respective
agencies. It is the only department which is attached with the office of the
Political Agents in the respective agencies, therefore all projects are
undertaken through the Political Administration (the PA also acts as the project
director of the local government schemes). The LG & RD handles mostly small
scale projects at the ground level such as hand pumps, dug wells, sanitation,
small roads and irrigation schemes such as bore holes and open wells etc. The
current practice of identification of schemes and projects is done through a
combination of needs based demand of the community and consultations with the
relevant authority.
Strengths and Opportunities in the Sector
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The strength of the sector
lies in the fact that it works closely with the communities and is therefore
involved with the uplift of the very poor section of the tribal society. Any
improvement through this sector will directly benefit the local level tribal
people.
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Since this sector is
working at the grass roots level the development done through this sector can
bring a change in the normal routine development approach by evolving it to a
community based development approach. As the directorate works with the local
people they can organize them in different community groups to share the
responsibility of development with the public sector.
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The capacity building of
department would meet the growing demands and challenges of the developmental
works at the grassroots level.
Development Strategy
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Provision of clean drinking
water and sanitation facilities at household and community level.
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Provision of access to
market from rural agriculture productive areas.
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Provision of social welfare
services to the female population of FATA.
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Provision of
recreational facilities in FATA.
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