Rs 177.36 billion projects approved by CDWP
UPCOMING PROJECTS |
ADMIN | JULY 18, 2014 10:32 AM
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved/recommended as many as six development projects, costing Rs 177.36 billion, including a foreign exchange component of Rs 126.59 billion from all the four provinces. A meeting of the CDWP held with Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal in the chair at P, Block of Planning Commission Secretariat on Thursday, to discussed public sector development projects.
The meeting approved/recommended projects, which included Construction of Infrastructure for Power Park 6,600 Megawatt project at Gaddani (Balochistan), Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme K-IV (Sindh), Kala Dhaka Area Development Project of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KP), Khyber Area Development Project (Khyber Pakhtunkhawa), Construction of 50-Bedded Hospital Including Hostels and other equipments at Pasni (Balochistan) and Red Chillies Processing Centre (Sindh).
The meeting recommended the Construction of Infrastructure for 6,600 Megawatt Pakistan Power Park Project at Gaddani, costing Rs 14.463 billion (15 percent funding by Government of Pakistan and 85 percent debt financing) aims at development of infrastructure facilities at Pakistan Power Park at Gaddani for establishing 10 x 660 Megawatt of imported coal fired power generation plants to The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec). The project will help in developing the infrastructure of Pakistan Power Park at Gaddani by installation of coal supply system, jetty head, cooling water facilities and several other installations.
The meeting approved in principle Kala Dhaka Area Development Project (Rs 1700.968 million) and Khyber Area Development Project (Rs 1235.53 million) of Narcotics Control Division aims at supporting rural transformation and promotion of legitimate agricultural activities and enhancement of mobility through construction of roads in select areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa.
The CDWP approved construction of 50-bed hospital in Pasni area of Balochistan, costing Rs 440.9 million that will provide hostels, residential accommodation, medical equipment, ambulances and other vehicles at the hospital which will help in providing modern health facilities to the people of Balochistan in principle. The CDWP also approved Red Chillies Processing Centre (RCPC) project of Industries and Production Division, costing Rs 244.7 million located in Umerkot District of Sindh envisaging adaptation of innovative drying techniques, which will reduce the moisture content of the fresh chillies and also dehydration of onions and garlic helping in adding value to finished products.
The meeting approved Balochistan Nutrition Programme for Mothers and Children of Government of Balochistan, costing Rs 1,492.62 million that will achieve the objective of ensuring availability of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and community-based management of severe including acute malnutrition (CMAM) services. Ahsan Iqbal said that distribution network and transmission lines of electricity projects must be upgraded and augmented to cater the additional generation due to upcoming mega projects.
While discussing the Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme (K-IV) (Phase-I), the Minister informed the house that financial share of the federal government in the project has been raised from one-third to half in compliance of Prime Minister of Pakistan’s commitment during his recent visit to Karachi. The Minister said that some people blame federal government of interfering in provincial matters. He added that the federal government interferes but in a positive manner like in this project. He also sought assurance from provincial authorities regarding availability of water at the project site and directed the authorities to provide clean drinking water to the people of Karachi on urgent basis.