ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) cleared as many as 15 development projects at the cost of Rs 249.21 billion.
The CDWP met with Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal in the chair at P-Block Secretariat on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by the Secretary Planning Ministry, Chief Economist, Members Planning Commission and representatives from the various ministries and divisions. The forum considered 15 projects related to the Ministry of Housing and Works, Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, Ministry of Communication, Power Division, and Ministry of Railways.
The CDWP has recommended Umbrella PC-1 of the Flood Protection Sector Project-III (FPSP-III)-Updated worth Rs 194.6 billion to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for approval.
The Ministry of Water Resources is the sponsoring agency of the project while Provincial Irrigation Departments will execute the project.
The main objective of the implementation of Umbrella PC-I of FPSP-III of NFPP-IV is the improvement of country-wide comprehensive flood management approaches on integrated and innovative basis by implementation of structural as well as non-structural interventions proposed under the National Flood Protection Plan NFPP-IV.
The major objectives of the project are to reduction in flood losses to private and public infrastructure in an economically sound manner, protecting urban and rural abadies, agricultural lands besides, vital infrastructure installation, technical feasibility and detailed design studies of barrages/bridges and hydraulic structures which need to be remodeled and upgradation of existing flood forecasting and warning facilities for better flood forecasting.
The CDWP also recommended revised Sehat Sahulat Programme as per its approved cost Rs 31.93 billion to the ECNEC.
Similarly, the forum also approved the Construction of Interchange on Hazara Motorway which connect Abbottabad and Sherwan Road right after the first Tunnel (Shimla Hill Tunnel worth Rs 1.8 2 billoion, DI Khan Road Development Package Rehabilitation and Upgradation of Kundal Interchange (M-14) to Chashma-DI Khan Road (revised), worth Rs 2.80 billion, Construction of Railway Underpass Gojra, District Toba Tek Singh worth Rs 1.44b, D I Khan Road Development Package Revised PC-1 for Rehabilitation and Upgradation of Pezu Tank Road worth Rs 4.87 billion, renovation and construction of offices, women barracks and multi-purpose training rooms at the office of the superintendent Railway police, Rawalpindi (revised) worth Rs 310.375 million, establishment of capacity building and institutional strengthen in Planning Commission worth Rs 2.02 billion, electrification of villages at Dera Bugti–Package worth Rs 960.093 million, re-commissioning of 5 no Accidental Diesel Electric Locomotives (Revised) worth Rs 2.48 billion, rehabilitations of firefighting system at KMC worth Rs 1.83 billion, provision of missing facilities of Swabi University worth Rs 2.03 billion, establishment of Photar Campus of Punjab at Gujar Khan worth Rs 638.45 million, construction of academic blocks of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University worth Rs 2.89 billon, updating of rural area frame for the conduct of censuses/surveys worth Rs 361.736 million.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2023
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