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Energy conservation drive commences in Balochistan

Friday, February 28, 2014 - Quetta—Prime Minister’s Energy Conservation drive has kicked off in the province of Balochistan on Thursday.

The Quetta Electric Supply Company, has started a programme that envisages distribution of free of cost energy savers among Balochistan’s 0.6 million domestic consumers.

The compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), energy savors will conserve 70% of electricity compared to ordinary bulbs.To get energy savors the electricity consumer, who meets the requirement would have to provide two used incandescent lamps (ICLs) to get the compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), energy savors.

The move would help secure 1000 mega watt electricity to national grid besides it would help safe Rs 1600 annual to the consumers who would install energy savors at home. Meanwhile it is also reported that Water cleaning treatment plants will be installed in all districts of Balochistan during the current fiscal year.

According to Rdaio Pakistan quoting official sources of Public Health Engineering Department said that 350 million rupees have been allocated for the installation of the plants.

The sources said that the number of plants would be doubled for the provincial metropolis, Quetta to ensure provision of clean water for the agricultural purposes.

The sources added that two treatment plants have been made functional in Quetta which are quite useful in cultivating vegetables and fruit.—APP

Energy conservation drive commences in Balochistan

 

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The development story

Aoun Sahi February 23, 2014

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The day Dr Abdul Malik Baloch was nominated for the slot of chief minister of Balochistan on June 4, 2013, he said that people in 29 out of 30 districts of the province were living below the poverty line.

Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan, announced by the then Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, on November 24, 2009, included 34 economic proposals, among others. The government promised to implement all recommendations and proposals in three years. The province has the largest unemployment ratio and lowest literacy rate. According to official figures, unemployment rate in the province is over 30 per cent.

A senior official of the Planning Commission claims that Balochistan is on the priority of the current government. Remaining anonymous, he says, “The federal government has announced Rs 43 billion as fiscal reward for the Balochistan government. The main focus of the current government is to develop road and rail infrastructure in the province,” he says, adding, “Kachi Canal project which would irrigate 713,000 acres of land mostly in Balochistan has also been given a priority by the current government.”

The project was started in 2002, with an estimated cost of Rs20 billion, to be completed by 2013. But the cost of the project has escalated to Rs59.4 billion and it has not been completed yet.

He enumerates a few ongoing projects in Balochistan, “The motorway that would connect Gwadar with Sindh is also a long-awaited project. This government has allocated funds for it as well,” he says, adding, “The government has earmarked Rs8 billion for the completion of the Gwadar-Rato Dero and Khuzdar-Naag highways, which would be completed within a year. Rs10 billion rupees have been allocated for the Kalat-Chaman road project.”

Balochistan’s labour force is estimated to be growing at 3.25 per cent per annum and according to the World Bank estimates, one per cent growth in the GDP of Balochistan increases 0.5 per cent in employment. It means that the provincial GDP must increase by at least 6.5 per cent a year to provide jobs for all the additions to the labour force, whereas a higher rate of seven-plus per cent, is required to start eliminating the backlog of unemployment and underemployment.

Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said during a meeting with parliamentarians from Balochistan last month that 90 per cent of the benefits of Pak-China Economic Corridor would benefit Balochistan in the form of employment and other economic opportunities.

“Studies are being carried out to determine feasibility of solar power projects in the province’s rural areas. The programme will address the problem of power shortage for domestic consumers, while providing sufficient power for agricultural purposes,” he had said.

Infrastructure is also being developed, “We have been planning to introduce sustainable projects that would also ensure development of the province,” says Dr Kaiser Bengali, advisor to chief minister Balochistan. “We have been focusing more on expanding road infrastructure in the province. Remoteness in the province has been made even worse by poor transport infrastructure, the markets are smaller, thus losing economies of scale and the cost of providing a unit of service, including governance, is higher than that in the rest of Pakistan,” he says, adding, “the Gwadar Port is useless until it is connected to the rest of the province and the country. Water conservation is another major issue.”

“We have also been working on a plan to address water conservation issue,” says Bengali. “I strongly believe that peace would come only if people get jobs and business opportunities,” he says.

A majority of the population in the province, especially in Pushtoon areas, depends on agriculture and water shortage is a major hurdle for the development of agriculture. According to experts, the Karez system of irrigation is on the verge of collapse. Seventy two per cent of the province depends on flood water, 26 per cent on Indus water, and only two per cent on groundwater. People in the Pushtoon areas claim that the provincial government is more interested in developing the Baloch areas at the expense of the Pushtoon areas.

“Rapid growth is possible in Balochistan by taking advantage of the minerals and other assets and sustainable activities in agriculture, livestock, and fisheries,” says Agha Hassan Baloch, senior leader of Balochistan National Party. “Both Dr Malik Baloch and Mian Nawaz Sharif’s government have not been able to bring people-oriented development in the province,” he says, adding, “The resources of the province are being used for other parts of the country while people in the province are deprived of basic facilities.”

The development story | TNS - The News on Sunday

 

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Solid waste disposal plant to be installed in Quetta

27th February, 2014

A solid waste disposal plant will be installed in Quetta in collaboration with Turkey.

Memorandum of Understanding to this effect has been signed between the government of Balochistan and Turkish company ISTAC in Istanbul.

The Chief Minister Balochistan‚ Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch visited solid waste management system under aegis of ISTAC in Istanbul.

According to MoU‚ experts from two countries would soon visit Istanbul and Quetta to prepare feasibility report and complete survey.
Radio Pakistan-
Chief Minister Balochistan visits solid waste management system.

 

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Highway development: PM injects Rs18b into Balochistan​

By Agencies / Our Correspondent
Published: January 31, 2014

ISLAMABAD:

In a groundswell of support for Balochistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced on Thursday a massive infrastructure development package worth up to Rs18 billion to address the sense of deprivation felt by the people of the province.

Initiating three highway projects during his visit to Quetta, the prime minister pledged that the government would accelerate and maximise all development projects in the province.

Some Rs8 billion has already been earmarked for the completion of the Gwadar-Rato Dero and Khuzdar-Naag highways, which are scheduled for completion within a year. Another 10 billion rupees will be allocated for the Kalat-Chaman project, the premier said.

Travelling to Quetta Cantt via army helicopter, the premier spoke at the Corps Headquarters, saying security forces were playing their role to ensure peace and stability in the province.

He discussed steps for improvement in the law and order situation with the provincial authorities and the military leadership. At the same time, he advised the civil and military leadership to devise a common strategy for the country’s security and the safety of the people.

PM Nawaz paid tribute to the martyrs of the army, Frontier Corps, police and district administration while laying a floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada. His visit came in the wake of an attack that left 21 pilgrims dead in Mastung earlier this month and the prime minister expressed grief over the attacks, adding that travel arrangements for the devotees by air and sea were under consideration.

The problem of terrorism, he said, is not confined to Balochistan and the government is determined to eliminate acts of terrorism and sectarianism across the country at all cost. Earlier, Commander Southern Command Lieutenant General Nasser Khan Janjua briefed the PM on the province’s law and order situation. Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Balochistan Governor Mohammad Khan Achakzai, Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan were also present on the occasion as well as Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party Chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai, National Party leader Mir Hasil Khan Bezinjo, Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, Balochistan Chief Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad, IG Mushtaq Sukhera and Frontier Corps IG Major General Aijaz Shahid.

Meeting with parliamentarians from the province, the prime minister announced that 90 per cent of the benefits of the Pak-China Economic Corridor would be funnelled into Balochistan in the form of employment and other economic opportunities. Addressing the province’s energy woes, he said that studies to determine the feasibility of solar power projects in the province’s rural areas were being carried out.

“This programme will address power shortage problem for the domestic consumers, while providing sufficient power for agricultural purposes.” He also directed that Hajj flights be initiated from Quetta. He expressed his desire to meet with the province’s youth in connection with the Youth Business Loan Scheme, saying, “I assure the youth of Balochistan that their right in this scheme will not be shared with any other province.”

Three highway projects – the Kalat-Quetta-Chaman N-25 highway project, Surab-Khushab N-35 project and Gwadar-Turbat-Khushab N-8 project – were initiated in a ground-breaking ceremony at the Governor House.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 31st, 2014.

Highway development: PM injects Rs18b into Balochistan – The Express Tribune

 

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Pakistan Army organizes free medical camp in Sibi

26th February, 2014

Pakistan Army is organizing a free medical camp in Mir Chakar Khan Stadium in Sibi.


In-charge of the camp told Radio Pakistan Sibi representative Saqib Aziz that male and female doctors‚ medical specialist and surgical specialist examined the patients.

Radio Pakistan-
Male and female doctors‚ medical specialist and surgical specialist examined the patients.

 

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Quaid Residency Ziarat Reconstruction

Renders of Gwadar Airport

a terminal of 1 million passengers capacity
a 3,600 m x 60 m runway and its associated taxiways
approximately 62,000 sq.m of parking area
a cargo terminal with a capacity of 50,000 t per year
a parking lot for 800 vehicles
a control tower
the associated buildings and services
In association with NESPAK, ADPI will provide design consultancy services to CHEC

Construction of the Airport

 

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PIA launches Lahore-Quetta-Mashhad flight

 

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Punjab-Balochistan 500-km long Kachhi Canal Project

Phase I, II, III : Completion by 2015

Districts: Muzaffargarh, D.G. Khan & Rajanpur of Punjab
Districts: Dera Bugti, Naseerabad, Bolan and Jhal Magsi of Balochistan.

Will irrigate 713,000 acres of land.

 

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There is 100 dams project going on. Post something about them.

 

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Package-I (20 Dams) will complete by June 2014

North Zone:


Name: Spezandi Delay Action Dam
Location: District Ziara (20 KM from Zarand Town)
Approved Cost: Rs. 76.868 million
Physical Progress: 100%
Financial Progress: 78%
Life of Dam: 90 Years
Type of Dam: Modified Homogenious Earth Fill Dam
Benefits: About 1000 Acre of land will be irrigated/brought under cultivation

Name: Bund Delay Action Dam
Location: District Musakhel
Physcial Progress: 100%
Financial Progress: 100%
Life of Dam 50 Years
Benefits: About 85 Acres of land will be irrigated

Name: Bostan Delay Action Dam
Location: District Pishin
Approved Cost: Rs. 121.849 million
Physical Progress: 100%
Financial Progress: 100%
Life of Dam: 21 Years
Type of Dam: Modified Homogenious Earth Fill Dam
Benefits: About 500 Acres of land will be irrigated/brought under cultivation

Name: Arambi Delay Action Dam
Location: District Killa Abdullah
Approved Cost: Rs. 119.887 million
Physical Progress: 100%
Financial Progress: 97%
Life of Dam: 24 Years
Type of Dam: Modified Homogenious Earth Fill Dam
Benefits: About 500 Acres of land will be irrigated/brought under cultivation

Name: Kumbri Delay Action Dam
Location: District Bolan

Approved Cost: Rs. 272.010 million

Physical Progress: 72%
Financial Progress: 61%
Life of Dam: 120 Years
Type of Dam: Modified Homogenious Earth Fill Dam

Benefits: About 15600 Acres of land will be irrigated/brought under cultivation.

Source: Progress Package-I

 

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South Zone

Name: Uthandaro Delay Action Dam
Location: District Lasbela
Approved Cost: Rs. 170.847 million
Physical Progress: 100%
Financial Progress: 98%
Life of Dam: 94 Years
Type of Dam: Modified Homogenious Earth Fill Dam

Benefits: About 4500 Acres of land will be irrigated/brought under cultivation.

Name: Sur-e-aab Delay Action Dam
Location: District Panjgoor

Approved Cost Rs. 122.493 million

Physical Progress 100%
Financial Progress 98%
Life of Dam: 70 Years
Type of Dam: Modified Homogenious Earth Fill Dam

Benefits: About 2500 Acres of land will be irrigated/brought under cultivation.

Source: Progress Package-I

 

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South Zone:

Name: Chiltan Delay Action Dam
Location: District Mastung (5 KM South from Lak Pass)
Approved Cost Rs. 134.975 million

Physical Progress 97%
Financial Progress 87%
Life of Dam: 33 Years
Type of Dam: Modified Homogenious Earth Fill Dam

Benefits: About 250 Acres of land will be irrigated/brought under cultivation.

Source: Progress Package-I

 

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South Zone:

Name: Darwar Delay Action Dam
Location: District Kech (95 KM from Turbat Town)

Approved Cost Rs. 140.182 million

Physical Progress 48%
Financial Progress 48%
Life of Dam: 69 Years

Type of Dam: Modified Homogenious Earth Fill Dam

Benefits: About 1300 Acres of land will be irrigated/brought under cultivation.

Source: Progress Package-I

 

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South Zone:


Name: Sasool Delay Action Dam
Location:

District Khuzdar (26 KM East from Khuzdar Town)

Approved Cost

Rs. 121.850 million

Physical Progress 100%
Financial Progress 100%
Life of Dam: 80 Years
Type of Dam: Modified Homogenious Earth Fill Dam

Benefits: About 1200 Acres of land will be irrigated/brought under cultivation.

Source: Progress Package-I

 

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Gwadar port: China approves nine projects worth $1.8 billion, Senate body told
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only need is self reliance, after success of Lahore metro bus for extension it to other cities the basic need is to use over own technical expertise plus experiences that got from Lahore metro Bus project.