ISLAMABAD: Senate special Committee on project of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on Wednesday decided to write a letter to the federal government proposing to increase allocation of funds in Public Sector Development Fund (PSDP) 2015-16 for both western and and eastern routs of CPEC.
Senator Taj Haider who is also convener of the committee said keeping in view the importance of the project, more allocation was needed to complete it as soon as possible.
He said the purpose of forming this committee was to present various recommendations to address grievances and objections of concerned stakeholders.
Taj Haider said in order to listen to the grievances of the local stakeholders of Gwadar, a meeting would be held in Gwadar during first week of July 2015 in which all concerned stakeholders would be invited to address their concerns.
Senator Usman Kakar said the government was not fully implementing the decision of All Parties Conference (APC) on CPEC as it was depicted in the PSDP where the eastern rout has given more priority over the eastern rout.
Senator Kabir Ahmed said Gwadar was the central point of CPEC but it was being neglected and no energy and other development projects were being launched in this area.
He demanded to launch special package for well being of the local people of Gwadar as most of the local people were living under the poverty line.
Senator Chaudhry Tanvir said currently Gwadar was totally dependent upon Iranian electricity and it was not connected to the national grid so the government should link Gwadar with the national grid immediately.
He proposed to construct a railway line from Dalbandin to Gwadar so that this area could be linked with the rest of the country through railway line. Senators Nehal Hashmi, Karim Ahmed Khawaja, Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh, Muhammad Talha Mehmood,Iqbal Zafar Jhagra and Hidayatulla also participated in the meeting.
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