Punjab Updates...

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) allocated a sizeable $86 million for the project, and more than 10,000 primary schools so far have shifted to the alternate energy source.

The bank is also working on an energy-efficient building for the Punjab Energy Department in Lahore..

A 2.5MW solar power project at Islamia University Bahawalpur is nearing completion in 2021, with a couple of distribution units to be operational in the next few months. When completed, it is expected to help the government save Rs. 55 million in annual bill payments.

In other news, a lot of work has been done to convert 20 well-known shrines in the province to solar energy. Some notable beneficiaries of the project include Data Darbar, Darbar Baba Bhuleh Shah, along with the shrines of Shah Hussain, Hazrat Sultan Bahoo, Shams Tabrez, and Bahauddin Zakaria Multani, among others

 

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Punjab to become first province with gene sequencing machine for coronavirus tracing

The genome sequencing machine Pakistan will be buying. Photo: Courtesy Punjab primary and secondary healthcare department

In a first, a genome sequencing machine is being purchased by Punjab to help identify news strains of COVID-19 in the province.

Currently, only the National Institute of Health in Islamabad has such a machine. Samples from positive patients in Punjab were sent to the federal lab if a reading was required.

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar approved Rs50 million in funds to buy the genetic sequencing technology.

Globally, scientists have so far identified three variants of the deadly coronavirus.

“Punjab will be the first province to buy a gene sequencing machine,” said Captain (r) Muhammad Usman Younis, secretary of the primary and secondary healthcare department, in a press statement.

The machine will allow investigation of what variants of the virus are causing deaths in the second wave of the pandemic, the statement said.

 

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Construction work on Nishtar II Hospital and Nursing College with 1,000 beds in Multan continues fast: Hospital equipped with modern facilities to provide medical facilities to citizens is the top priority of the Government of Punjab.

 

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PM Khan and Chief Minister Punjab visit Sahiwal

Foundation stone laid of projects of billions of rupees
In which

1. Water/Solid Waste Treatment Plants

2. Water supply & Sanitation schemes

3. 120 Bedded Cardiology Hosp

4. Motorway - Sahiwal Link

5. Chichawatni - Rajana - Pir Mahal - Layyah - Taunsa Road

6. New tube wells, tanks, & Water supply schemes
7. Local Government Academy

 

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4 Lanes 43 Km Sheikhupura Gujranwala Road under construction.

Estimated Cost PKR 5.2 Billion under Public Private Partnership Punjab Govt, project road starts at end of flyover ramp over motorway M2 near Sheikhupura city & ends at flyover crossing (GT Road Crossing) Gujranwala City.

 

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Dring Stadium Bahawalpur is the only large stadium in Pakistan with separate grounds for all sports within one wall, cricket, hockey with astroturf, football, wrestling, tennis, swimming pool, badminton walking track, gym.There is also a new air-conditioned complex for indoor

 

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Noorpur Thal , newly built road

 

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We built all this from Karachi money lmao

 

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Under-construction Mianwali Mother & Child Hospital and Nursing College

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Today Punjab cabinet has approved to build 200 beds mother and child hospital in Multan's old grain warehouse.

12 new hospitals in the public sector with health insurance supply to every citizen by the end of this year. They are also making it so that the people of Punjab have the best health facilities!

 

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Punjab Government approves Rawalpindi Ring Road Construction on public private partnership mode

The provincial government has formally approved the construction of proposed Ring Road on public private partnership mode. The City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) is going to launch bidding for the mega project for which advertisements would be floated in national newspapers.

Addressing the meeting, Commissioner Capt (Retd) Muhammad Mehmood said that the proposed Ring Road project has been approved by the Punjab government on public private partnership after reviewing its all technical and economic aspects by the government.

He said investors’ conference was held in Rawalpindi in which scores of nations and international investors/construction companies including from China and France expressed their keen interest in the mega project.

He further said the Punjab government is acquiring land for the project for which Rs 6 billion has also been allocated. He added that government has started compensating the landlords and owners in this regard.

 

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Central Business District CBD Lahore project will create wealth up to 6,000 billion:

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the Central Business District (CBD) in Lahore would create wealth up to 6,000 billion PKR

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Central Business District (CBD) ceremony in Lahore, the prime minister said that his government had been trying to negotiate this deal for the past year. The project will generate Rs 1,300 billion in its first phase.

 

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Lahore Metro Bus service to add 64 new buses to it's fleet.

A syndicate of banks led by the Bank of Punjab as mandated lead adviser and arranger signed a financing agreement of Rs2.6 billion with the VEDA Transit Solutions for provision of 64 new environment friendly buses to Lahore Metro Bus.

The other banks included in the syndicates are Samba Bank Limited, Askari Bank Limited, Bank Alfalah Limited and JS Bank Limited. These banks acted as co-arrangers for the transaction.