CHILLAS: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the wrong decisions taken by the past governments led to environmental deterioration and decline in industrial progress.

The prime minister was addressing a gathering in Chillas today, where he spoke about the reopening of tourism in the northern areas with SOPs.

"When our govt took over we had a deficit of over Rs20 billion due to these decisions of the past governments," he told the crowd, adding that the less developed areas of the country cannot be ignored any further.

The prime minister, who is scheduled to visit the Diamer-Bhasha dam, said that it was a historic decision to construct the project that will be the 'third biggest dam of the history of Pakistan'.

"The site is naturally well-suited for building the dam because it has natural rocks. It took us almost 40 years to implement our decision.

(You) can figure out what a huge mistake we have made by not thinking to construct dams for the storage of water."

Speaking regarding the benefits of the project, PM Imran said that it will not adversely impact the climate and create more job opportunities.

"China has constructed 5,000 huge dams. Overall they have 80,000 dams and this will be our third biggest dam," said PM Imran.