The Punjab Government has approved 21 revised on-going development schemes of various sectors of the economy with an estimated cost of Rs 25717.507 million.
These schemes were approved in 33rd meeting of Provincial Development Working Party of current fiscal year 2012-13 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, Sohail Ahmad. Secretary P&D Department Arif Anwar Baloch, all members of the Planning & Development Board, provincial secretaries concerned and other senior representatives of the relevant Provincial Departments also attended the meeting.
According to P&D spokesman, all these schemes were revised on-going development schemes and due to avoid delay and to protect from the inflation rate in the estimated cost of the schemes, these schemes were considered in the PDWP's meeting and were also approved for completion within its time limit by the Provincial development forum.
The approved development schemes included:
1. Completion of DHQ Building for Conversion into Kidney centre Multan at the cost of Rs 877.689 million,
2. Construction of Pandori Dam District Jhelum at the cost of Rs 656.939 million,
3. Construction of Chahan Dam Project, District Rawalpindi (Revised) at the cost of Rs 1567.429 million,
4. Capacity building a project to resolve traffic problems at Kalma Chowk Intersection Ferozepur Road Lahore (Revised) at the cost of Rs 2110.315 million,
5. Dualization of Kasur Depalpur Carriageway Section from km 0.00 to 101.30, length 101.30 kms in District Kasur & Okara at the cost of Rs 5321.353 million,
6. Construction of road from Sangla Hill to Shahkot in District Nankana Sahib (length-19.91 km) (2nd Revised) at the cost of Rs 311.828 million,
7. Dualization of Eastern Side Byepass length=14.25 kms in District Gujranwala (3rd Revised) at the cost of Rs 935.585 million,
8. Widening/Improvement of road from Gujranwala Byepass Awan Chowk to Baghwala Chowk Via Nowshera Virkan Karyal Road Length-44.00 Kms, in District Gujranwala (3rd Revised) at the cost of Rs 341.621 million,
9. Widening/Improvement of Sialkot Eminabad Road (Falling in District Sialkot & Gujranwala length=61.90 km) (2nd Revised) at the cost of Rs 1063.535 million,
10. Dualization of Gujranwala Sialkot Road Section Gujranwala to Daska length=21.87 km in District Gujranwala & Sialkot (3rd Revised) at the cost of Rs 2171.178 million,
11. Construction of road from Sialkot at (Sublime Chowk) to Wazirabad (Dual Carriageway) km No 0/0 to 37/0 (length=37.00 km) in District Sialkot (3rd Revised) at the cost of Rs 1348.651 million,
12. Construction/Improve-ment of Dual Carriageway from Bijli Garh to District Complex Narowal via Jassar (length=4.84 km) in District Narowal (Revised) at the cost of Rs 412.801 million,
13. Construction of Underpass along Canal at Abdullahpur Chowk (Revised) at the cost of Rs 1240.459 million,
14. Widening/Improvement of 18-Hazari Fateh Pur Road length=31.00 km in District Jhang (Revised) at the cost of Rs 945.807 million,
15. Widening/Improvement of road from Hasilpur to Bahawalnagar (length:80.00 km) District Bahawalpur / Bahawalnagar (Revised) at the cost of Rs 2027.805 million,
16. Widening / Improvement of road from Vehari to Kacha Khu Road, length 43.64 km in District Vehari/Khanewal (Revised) at the cost of Rs 522.481 million
17. Rehabilitation of Raiwind-Manga Road length=12 km in District Lahore at the cost of Rs 371.651 million,
18. Widening/Improvement of Chour Chowk on GT Road (N-5) Rawalpindi (Revised) at the cost of Rs 412.968 million,
19. Dualization of Gujranwala-Sialkot Road (Section Daska Sialkot) at the cost of Rs 2980.961 million
20. and Establishment of Strategic Planning Unit & Project Management Units in C&W Department.(PC-II) (Revised) at the cost of Rs 26.112 million.