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CDWP approves 90 projects worth Rs 305bn

* 27 projects worth Rs 1 billion each recommended to ECNEC
* Projects to reduce electricity shortage also approved

By Ijaz Kakakhel

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party on Thursday took up and/or approved 90 projects worth Rs 305 billion, including a foreign exchange component worth Rs 76.5 billion.

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Sardar Assef Ahmad Ali chaired the meeting, which was also attended by sponsoring agencies and representatives of provincial governments and special areas. Fifty-eight of the 90 projects, worth Rs 275 billion, had been approved in the infrastructure sector and 32 projects, worth Rs 29.7 billion, in the social sector.

In a meeting, 27 projects, each worth Rs 1 billion, were recommended to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council for consideration. The mega projects for Multan, including a bridge over River Chenab from Sendeelinwali (district Toba Tek Singh) to Mian Channu (district Khanewal) worth Rs 3.5 billion, the Northern Bypass, Multan (Phase-II) worth Rs 2.791 billion and dualisation of Multan’s Ucch Road had been deferred over demands for additional information.

Power shortage: The CDWP also approved the nuclear power waste Chashma project, the long-term operation of Karachi nuclear power plant, establishment of hydrocarbon development institutes, mega CNG stations, and the national compact florescent lamp project. These projects aim to reduce the acute electricity shortage in the country.

The CDWP also approved the Safe City Islamabad project worth Rs 10 billion to create an effective and adequate security framework by incorporating strategies preventing access of unauthorised vehicles and individuals into the capital. The CDWP also approved projects for improving the social status of rural women in Sindh and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

It also approved projects for preservation and augmentation of water resources in the country.

Two projects for the restoration and preservation of Pakistan’s cultural heritage, worth Rs 959 million, were also approved by the CDWP.

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