Punjab Skills Exhibiiton
CM Punjab said government has fixed a target of making 20 lakh youth skillful according to the market needs during next three years which would be achieved at every cost. He said that we will welcome the cooperation of World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other monetary institutions in these programmes. Shahbaz Sharif while announcing to give interest-free loan of 75 thousand rupees each to four thousand skilled youth said that these loans will be distributed among skilled youth completing training with the collaboration of TEVTA and Akhuwat for which 50 crore rupees have been allocated. He said that the aim of this excellent programme is to provide honourable job to skillful youth. He said that the provision of resources for empowering youth through technical training is a useful investment and happy news of bright future. Shahbaz Sharif said that development goals cannot be achieved without empowering youth comprising 60 percent population. He said that TEVTA is playing an important role for preparing skilled manpower according to the market needs and promotion of technical education. He said that there will be revolution of skill development to the efforts of this institution.
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Japan to provide Rs. 3.4 billion to improve water systems in Lahore, Faisalabad
ISLAMABAD: The government of Japan will provide grants worth Rs3.4 billion through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to improve water systems in Lahore and Faisalabad.
In this regard, bilateral agreements were signed for “the Project for Energy Saving in Water Supply System in Lahore" and "the project for Replacement of Pumping Machinery at Inline Booster Pumping Station and Terminal Reservoir in Faisalabad" between Hiroshi Inomata, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, and Saleem Sethi, Secretary, Economic Affairs Division (EAD), said a press release issued today.
On the same occasion, Grant Agreements on the details of implementation of these projects were signed between Mitsuyoshi Kawasaki, Chief Representative of JICA and Syed Mujtaba Hussain, Joint Secretary of EAD.
The project in Lahore will contribute to the restoration of water production capacity through replacement of pumping equipment. Similarly, 105 deteriorated underground water pumps will be replaced with the latest pumps under the project.
Under the project in Faisalabad, rusted pumps will be renewed and the efficiency of the pumping stations and a reservoir will be improved.
Inomata said, “both projects will contribute to stable water supply and saving energy, and bring about a synergetic effect with Japan’s on-going and completed projects”.
Kawasaki stated “JICA has supported improvement of water service by financial assistance to build infrastructure and technical assistance by JICA advisors to reduce energy cost, and will keep contributing to the better water service through further infrastructure strengthening, and establishment of a sustainable model for WASAs and Water and Sanitation academy. The two newly agreed projects are to enhance sustainable operation of water utilities in terms of water service as well as financial efficiency.”