Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved development projects for various sectors at the cost of Rs 218.22 billion including seven projects worth Rs 203.48 billion were referred to Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) for final approval. CDWP met with Federal Minister Planning, Development & Reform Ahsan Iqbal in the chair at P-Block of Planning Commission. The meeting was attended by senior federal and provincial officials concerned.
The projects related to energy, water resource, transport & communication, physical planning & housing, higher education, education governance, planning, development & reform sectors etc. About the communication sector, CDWP approved and recommended Construction of Motorway from Hakla/Burhan on M-1 to D I Khan at the cost of Rs 129.781 billion as part of western route under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to ECNEC for final approval.
It was also recommended Land Acquisition Affected Properties Compensation and Relocation of Utilities at the cost of Rs 13.62 billion for Construction of Motorway from Halka on M-1 to D I Khan. CDWP approved Musa Khail Tounsa Road (35 KM) Stretch to be constructed and linked with Zhob at the cost of Rs 2.991 billion. It was also approved & recommended Installation of Ship Lift and Transfer System and Associated Machinery& Equipment to provide docking and provide facilities to surface shops, submarines and commercial vessels up to Dead Weight 7.781 tons net lifting capacity at the cost of Rs 9.819 billion.
It also approved and recommended bridge across the River Indus Connecting Larkana and Khairpur Districts, approach road and River Training Works at the cost of Rs 13.796 billion. The meeting also gave approval to feasibility study for construction of Breakwater at the Eastern end of Jabel-e-Nuh at the cost of Rs 300 million. It also approved Development Schemes in District Tor Ghar at the cost of Rs 319.461 million and development of schemes in District Mansehra at the cost of Rs 925.737 million.
In Higher Education, CDWP approved strengthening of Research & Academic Facilities at Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) Nilor Islamabad at the cost of Rs 1.541 billion with Foreign Exchange Component (FEC) of Rs 633 million and also approved strengthening of academic & research Programmes at Bahria University, Islamabad/Karachi at the cost of Rs 1.528 billion with Rs 237 million FEC.
It also approved upgradation and strengthening of essential facilities at Sukkur IBA at the cost of Rs 913.155 million with Rs 64 million FEC. About Energy sector, CDWP approved and recommended to ECNEC Golan Gol Hydro Power Project with a total cost of Rs 28.402 billion. The project has Rs 10.047 billion FEC. It also approved and recommended to ECNEC 500 Kv Islamabad West project at the cost of Rs 3.621 billion.
CDWP also approved and recommended to ECNEC 30.4 MW Jagran-I Hydro Power Project at the cost of Rs 4.646 billion with a FEC of Rs 2.392 billion. In Water Resource sector, CDWP approved Raghagan Small Dam Bajur Agency (Phase-II) at the cost of Rs 423.983 million. CDWP also approved Construction of Bada Dam project in Swabi in KP at the cost of Rs 1.180 billion and construction of small dams in Khaliqabad District Balochistan at the cost of Rs 300 million.
In Education Sector, CDWP approved establishment of Smart School, which is part of Vision-2025 at the cost of Rs 238 million and upgradation of ICT High Schools at the cost of Rs 465.268 million. Ahsan Iqbal directed the authorities concerned to make Smart School project a flagship project and also develop the education system in Islamabad on the lines that it would be model for whole the country. In Physical Planning & Housing sector, CDWP approved construction of Judicial and Administration Complex in Mauve Area G10/1 Islamabad at the cost of Rs 708.530 million.
In Governance sector, CDWP approved Support Project for Sustainable Development Goals Implementation at the cost of Rs 600 million with Rs 300 FEC. It also approved upgradation of Jawad Azfar Computer Centre at Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform at the cost of Rs 386.320 million. In Planning, Development and Reform sector, CDWP approved Cluster Development Based Industrial Transformation Plan-Vision 2025 at the cost of Rs 1 billion and also approved Cluster Development Based Mineral Sector Transformation Plan-Vision 2025 at the cost of Rs 500 million.
CDWP approved establishment of Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform Islamabad at the cost of Rs 128.40 million. It approved PPMI Centre of Excellence at the cost of Rs 100 million and also approved establishment of Urban Planning & Policy Centre at the cost of Rs 1500 million. CDWP also approved concept clearance paper of Solar Power Park at F-9 Park Islamabad.
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