TANK: The registration process of Temporary Displaced Persons (TDP) belonging to South Waziristan will start from today (Wednesday). According to Political Administration of South Waziristan, Tehsil Ladha, Makin, Srarogha, Tayarza, and Sarwakie of South Waziristan Agency will return through Khirgi check post. The TDPs of South Waziristan are returning home from their camps and temporary homes which were provided to them by local peoples of Bannu, Kohat and Karak tehsils. The areas where TDPs are moving back has been cleared by the Pak Army and social welfare projects like education ,health and water etc has been completed in these areas. The Political Administration of South Waziristan Agency officials mentioned that the process of registration will be completed before 21st December. The stipends for the returning TDPs would be given to each individual affected from the war on terror. It is pertinent to mention here that the government is also providing Rs 36,000 in the time of returning to their houses. UNOPS: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) constructed eight bridges and two irrigation channels in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2015-16 with the cost of US$ 2.9 million. The bridges are currently benefitting more than 50,000 people and the irrigation channels have helped restore lost and damaged agricultural land and benefit 14 villages. When Pakistan’s worst flood in history hit in 2010, homes, roads and bridges were washed away, cutting off whole communities to services such as hospitals and schools, displacing millions and killing more than a thousand people. The destruction of key infrastructure as a result of the flood made access to essential services in KP extremely limited. UNOPS received the amount of US$ 2.9 million from Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) to support the Government and the people of KPK with the revival of local economy through Reconstruction of Bridges and Irrigation Canals to provide the rural inhabitants sustainable and safe means to movement and the opportunity to tend to their land. The project delivered eight bridges and two irrigation channels. The construction work on bridges started at the end of August 2014 and was completed successfully in June 2016. Today UNOPS with the local community representatives hold inauguration for one of the successfully completed bridges at Phunkia Village, Kalam. This project has turned out to be “anepochal event” for the local residents of Kalam. “I will not be late for school anymore” said a young boy. “I used to walk for almost an hour to reach my school. Now it will not take more than 10minutes. It is a defining moment for not just me but for all of us. I am really excited”, he added. The bridges are currently benefitting more than 50,000 people and the irrigation channels have helped restore lost and damaged agricultural land and benefit 14 villages. Jafer Shah MPA said, “The entire community is grateful to Saudi Fund for Development for their generous contribution.”