Uplift work on standstill in KP?

[Edevelop]

According to reports, the PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has been able to use only twelve percent of the total development budget in first six months of the financial year 2013-14. By that speed seventy-four percent of the government money, which comes to 89.68 billion rupees of the total 118 billion rupees, will be left unspent by year end.
In comparison, Punjab is carrying on uplift work with such speed that it may overspent its two hundred and ninety billion rupees massive development funds before the year is out; in fact, the provincial government will be scrambling for resources to finance its ambitious uplift agenda.
Even after giving grace period to the PTI provincial government that it mostly comprises inexperienced individuals and it takes time to understand the affairs of government, still eight months is a long time to learn the ropes. People connected with development work in KP see no movement in the KP government to make up for the lost time and utilize all the funds on development projects allocated for the purpose. This is a very discouraging situation for the people of the province.
That the rival PML-N is in the federal government is no excuse; Shahbaz Sharif performed near miracles as CM Punjab even when archrival PPP was ruling in the centre.
During the pre-general election period, both the PTI and PML-N had given the impression that they had done all the necessary homework and were ready to govern the moment they formed governments. The PML-N may have failed in its other claims; however, it not just had a plan but months before assuming power had reached arrangements with foreign investors on starting electricity generating and the economic corridor projects.
In matter of weeks after forming government, it signed agreements with investors and contractors on some of the projects. Spade work has also been initiated recently on Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Service and the Punjab government\'s claim that in only ten to eleven months the commuters in the twin cities will enjoy comfortable travel by metro buses sounds believable, as it happened so in Lahore. Then work on such projects is to start shortly in Faisalabad and Multan.
The KP government inability to spend development funds gives the impression that either KP cabinet has no control over government functionaries or the ministers because of their shortcomings may very well be slowing down further the already slow pace for which our bureaucracy is so famous.
The residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa want speedy development in their province like that taking place in Punjab. They want to see some actual and speedy development work on the ground instead of talks about it.

Uplift work on standstill in KP?

 

[SHAMK9]

PTI already said that they are halting/won't be building anything until the complete study of mass public transit is done.

 

[CrazyPaki]

PTI already said that they are halting/won't be building anything until the complete study of mass public transit is done.

not only that they want to have a full proof plan to do this, unlike others' where any tom dick and harry just says we will build a bullet train

 

[Kompromat]

#PTI govt said that , They are setting up a tendering process before they issue tenders.

 

[ajpirzada]

PTI is lagging behind in terms of new development projects. But most of it is due to the absence of the local govt network. Most of the funding, as per the PTI manifesto, is supposed to be channelled through local govts upto the village level. Lets hope that happens soon.
Otherwise, most of the focus of KPK govt seems to be on the regulatory side which is good but money needs to start pouring into the economy as well.