ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved one project at the cost of Rs3.63 billion, and recommended projects valued at Rs122.128 billion with the World Bank share of $450 million to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for consideration.
The CDWP met with Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan in the chair at P-Block Secretariat on Wednesday. Senior officials from the federal and the provincial governments were also present at the meeting.
Projects related to energy and water resources were presented in the meeting.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government presented three energy projects at the cost of Rs122.128 billion at the meeting. First project related to energy, "Hiring of Planning Consultants and management Support Consultants for Energy Sector Development and Institutional Strengthening under the World Bank Assisted KP Hydropower and Renewable Energy Development Programme" at the cost of Rs5,775 million was approved in the meeting.
The objective of the project is to prepare plans, feasibility studies/design studies through Planning Consultants, Institutional Strengthening through Management Support Consultants and capacity building of PEDO/Energy & Power Department KP.
Second energy project, "Construction of 157MW Madian Hydropower Project, District Swat, under the World Bank assisted Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Hydropower and Renewable Energy Development Programme (KPHREDP)" worth Rs79.798 billion was referred to the Ecnec for further approval.
The main object of this project is to construct 157MW Madian Hydropower project on Swat River.
The project will generate 767.59 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of affordable energy annually to make value addition in generation capacity in the power network of the KP and the country.
The third project, "Construction of 88 MW Gabral Kalam hydropower project" worth Rs36.56 billion was referred to the Ecnec for further approval.
The project will generate 339.19 GWh of affordable energy annually to make value addition in generation capacity in the power network of the KP and in the country.
The CDWP also approved a project, "Disaster Climate Resilience Improvement Project AJK" worth Rs3.63 billion, which is also funded through the WB share of $347 million.
The main objective of this project is to find opportunity from the adversity, to ensure multi-hazard resilience built into design of all flood emergency reconstruction project, to enhance efficiency of State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), Planning Development Department and other national building departments for judicious and equitable emergency and normal planning efficient
monitoring of implementation through input of knowledge for the future development and emergency response.
The CDWP also considered, "Evacuation of Power from 2160MW Dasu Hydropower Project (Stage-1)", and "Pakistan Goes Global" but these projects were not cleared due to technical observations, hence, it was decided that they be discussed in the next meeting. The sponsored were directed to comply with the observation before consideration of the next CDWP meeting.
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