The Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Professor Ahsan Iqbal has given June 30, deadline to Wapda to finish 400km long phase I of Kachi Canal Project. He assured to release Rs 7 billion soon for the project and directed Wapda to keep in touch with law enforcement agencies and administration in Balochistan to ensure security measures. The Federal Minister will also take up the matter at political level in Balochistan.
The Kachi Canal Project with 500km total length is starting from Tounsa Barrage in Punjab and ending at Dera Bugti in Balochistan and will be completed in next two phases. About 102,000 acres of land will be irrigated by phase-I of the project while the total area under irrigation by this project will be 713,000 acres. "With the completion of the project, an era of prosperity will usher in for the Balochistan," the minister added.
The Federal Minister chaired a meeting on Munda Dam which was attended by Chairman Wapda and Nespak.
Speaking to the Chairman Wapda, he said: "The work on Munda dam hydropower project with generation capacity of 800MW was the victim of wrong flood estimates. Wapda should take action against those who are responsible for technical design that should be completed at the earliest."
"All the approaching link roads of 13.5km length starting from Golra Mor and crossing G T road, zero-point and leading to New International Islamabad Airport should be completed by November this year," directed the Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Professor Ahsan Iqbal while chairing the meeting on overview of infrastructure development projects earlier on Wednesday.
He directed NHA to expedite the work on M-8 and N-85 to ensure their timely completion by June 2016. "Both of these sections of highways should be completed within next two years on priority basis which will also connect our existing infrastructure," he added. N-85 will connect Gwadar with Quetta via Turbat, Panjgore, Basima etc and M8 will connect Gwadar with Ratodero via Turbat, Khushab, Khuzdar etc.
While emphasising the speedy work on Lowari tunnels he said, "Both tunnels of 8.5km and 1.9km must be completed by 2017 to facilitate the people of Chitral to move easily throughout the country.-PR
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