Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved as many as eight projects worth Rs 13 billion and recommended five projects worth Rs 112.20 billion to Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).
The CDWP met here on Wednesday in the chair of Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan and approved eight projects while five projects were recommended to ECNEC for consideration.
Projects related to food & agriculture, health, mass media, manpower, industries & commerce, physical planning & housing, transport and communication and water resources were presented in the meeting.
A project related to food and agriculture namely 'Gwadar Lasbela Livelihoods Support Project-II (GLLSP-II),' worth Rs 12,328.55 million, was referred to ECNEC. The GLLSP-II envisages to construct 3 jetties and establish 8 hatcheries and 80 commercial net cultures. A total of 100,000 out 133,087 households will be covered in Gwadar-Lasbella comprising 400 villages and 45 union councils (UCs).
A health project namely 'Punjab Human Capital Investment Project,' worth Rs 32,000 million, was referred to ECNEC. The project envisages increasing access to quality health, education and social protection services among the poor and vulnerable households in 11 districts of Punjab to increase qualitative and quantitative improvement in Punjab's Human Development Index and related indicators.
A project related to mass media titled 'construction of auditorium at Pakistan Academy of Letter,' worth Rs 110.469 million, was approved in the meeting.
A project related to manpower namely 'improvement of livelihood and well-being of female home based workers (FHBWs) in informal economic sector in Sindh province,' worth Rs 541.086 million, was approved in the meeting.
A project related to industries & commerce namely 'procurement of 3 latest printing machines for modernization of Survey of Pakistan,' worth Rs 483.639 million, was approved by CDWP. The project envisages modernization of Lithographic Printing Office of Survey of Pakistan by replacement of old machines with the latest printing machines.
Four projects related to physical planning & housing were presented in the meeting. First project titled 'construction of eastern wastewater treatment plant (44 MGD) of Faisalabad city (phase-1),' worth Rs 19,071 million, was referred to ECNEC and the second project titled 'promoting sustainable urban development through resilient resources management with a participatory approach in Mansehra,' worth Rs 1,040.60 million, was approved in the meeting. Two projects of Interior Division namely 'construction of admin block, magazine quarter guard, barracks, MT shed, horse stable and parade ground in Diplomatic Enclave, Islamabad,' worth Rs 280.848 million, and 'construction of police barracks (100 men each) in sector F-7, F-8 and G-10, Islamabad,' worth Rs 185.416 million, were approved by the CDWP.
A project related to transport and communication namely 'construction of bridge over River Ravi at Mal Fatyana, district Toba Tek Singh,' worth Rs 1,910.737 million, was approved by the CDWP.
Three projects related to water resources were also presented in the meeting. First project 'Naulong Dam Project' worth Rs 28,465 million was referred to ECNEC. This project aims at mitigation and storing flood waters of Mula River, and thus an average of about 137.860 acre feet water will be annually available for developing irrigated agriculture. Second project titled 'project readiness financing for Punjab water resources management,' worth Rs 1,276.324 million, was approved in the meeting. The last project considered by the CDWP was 'Diamer-Bhasha Dam project, acquisition of land and resettlement,' worth Rs 20,337 million, was recommended to the ECNEC.
Secretary Planning Zafar Hasan and senior officials from federal and provincial governments were also present in the meeting.
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