ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Friday approved 74 projects in power, agriculture and social sectors costing Rs510.2 billion including foreign assistance component of Rs125.1 billion.
The approval includes 36 projects costing Rs326.0 billion of infrastructure sector and 26 projects costing Rs158.0 billion of social sector and 12 projects costing Rs26.3 billion relate to agriculture and industrial sector. Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Dr Ishfaq Ahmed Khan chaired the CDWP meeting.
Of the total approved the 63 projects costing Rs365 billion would be financed by the federal government through federal PSDP. Eleven projects costing Rs145 billion would be financed by the provinces through respective provincial ADP.
With implementation of six power sector projects costing Rs87 billion, shortage of power in the country would be controlled by efficient distribution and enhancement system of electricity by DISCOs, says an official hand out.
The CDWP also considered five projects of water sector including Chashma Right Bank Canal costing Rs61 billion located in NWFP with capacity to irrigate additional 300,000 acres was approved.
A committee under chairmanship of Dr Ishfaq Ahmed Khan would finalise technical and financial details of the projects.
The CDWP cleared six flood dispersal structures on Nari River in Balochistan under phase one and two of the project. In addition, other small water sector projects relating to flood management and control were also considered.
Sixteen projects of transport and communication sector with a total cost of Rs56.6 billion including Gwadar Deep Sea Water Port, extension of M-4, rehabilitation of Rasheed Wagon–Nasirabad roads, Karachi Transport Improvement projects, Kolpur Bypass and Bridge across River Swan linking Attock and Chakwal were approved.
Main projects of social sector include mega vertical projects of health sector to provide improved health facilities to the masses. In this connection three projects with a cost of Rs93.7 billion approved which are: Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI), GAVI Grant), National Programme for Family Planning and Primary Healthcare.
The phase two of the Lady Health Workers’ Programme costing Rs53.0 billion was approved as well as the Prime Minister’s Programme for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis.
Under President Development Package for NWFP, the CDWP approved projects costing Rs2.0 billion for medical equipment, ambulances for DHQ Hospitals in NWFP. Blood Transfusion services would be started all over the country.
Under the president’s package, 1,000 primary schools would be established in various districts of NWFP at a cost of Rs3.7 billion. The project would help promote basic education in the conflict affected areas of NWFP especially female education.
In the agriculture sector, main projects approved and recommended include the second phase of Pak-China Cooperation for Agricultural Research and Development and Pak-China National Project for Improved Rice Processing which will assist in enhancing three to four times wheat, sugarcane production.
Storage projects such as grain storage project, construction of steel silos of 650,000 tons and Pak-China National project and Advanced Ventilated Cold Storage would enhance storage capacity by 650,000 tons, saving food wastage.
Reko Diq gold/copper project costing Rs8.7 billion was also approved, and it will produce 38,000 tons of copper and 15,000 ounces of gold per year. Upon completion, income from the project will be about Rs15.0 billion per year.
The CDWP also conceptually cleared projects for the establishment of facilities for coal cleaning, coal gasification and coal combustion project to improve financial reporting and auditing (PIFRA-II), establishment of 268-bed DHQ Hospital Multan and establishment of Child Health Care Institutes at Karachi and Sukkur.
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