Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved as many as seven development projects at the cost of Rs 10 billion and recommended six projects valued at Rs 132.5 billion to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) for consideration. The CDWP met with Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan in the chair at Planning Commission on Tuesday. Senior officials from federal and provincial governments were also present in the meeting.
Projects related to science & technology, education, governance, physical planning & housing and transport & communications and energy were presented in the meeting.
Seven projects of government of Punjab related to Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program (REDSIP) were presented in the meeting. The first project "Construction of Deg-Outfall Hydel Power Station," worth Rs 2,564 million, was approved by CDWP. The second project "Construction of Chianwali Hydel power Station at UCC-RD 131 district Gujranwala," worth Rs 3,642.96 million was recommended to ECNEC. Third project "Construction of Pakpattan Hydel Power Station Pakpattan Canal RD-114, district Pakpattan Punjab," worth Rs 1,810.55 million, was also approved in the meeting. Fourth project of energy was "Construction of Marala Hydel Power Station at UCC-RD3, district Sialkot, Punjab," worth Rs 4,621.59 million, was recommended to ECNEC for further approval. Fifth project of energy titled "Construction of Okara Hydel Power Station LBDC-RD 199, Okara" worth Rs 2,490 million was approved by CDWP. Sixth project titled "Capacity Building of Energy department for Under Taking Feasibility Studies and Construction of Hydel Power Station in Punjab," worth Rs 388.55 million, was approved in the meeting. The last project of energy "Feasibility Studies of Additional Five Hydel Power Stations in Punjab," worth Rs 46 million, was also approved by the CDWP.
A project related to physical planning & housing was presented namely "Lahore Water and Wastewater Management Project - Construction of Surface Water Treatment Plant at BRBD Canal," worth Rs 19,951.342, million was recommended to ECNEC.
A project related to education titled "Reconstruction of fully damaged Schools in Bara, tribal district Khyber under Chinese Assistance," worth Rs 2,323.34 million, was approved in the meeting.
A project related to governance was presented in the meeting titled "Punjab Sustainable Development Goals," worth Rs 400 million, and was approved by the CDWP.
Two projects related to transport & communications were presented in the meeting. First project "Construction of Peshawar-Torkham Motorway project (47.55 k) as part of Khyber Pass Economic Corridor project," worth Rs 36.71 billion, was recommended to the ECNEC. The project envisages construction of 47.55 km long, 4-lane 7.3 meter wide, dual carriageway high speed access controlled motorway from Peshawar to Torkham. The project is part of Peshawar-Kabul-Dushanbe Motorway. Second project of transport & communications "Karachi Urban Mobility Project (yellow BRT Corridor)," worth Rs 56 billion, was recommended to ECNEC. The object of the main project is construction of 21 km long ( 17.6 km at grade and 3.4 km underpass) dedicated bus rapid transit system having 28 stations and 268 buses, besides rehabilitation/ reconstruction of road infrastructure along the corridor and social management plan-Existing bus operators.
A project related to science & technology namely "Higher Education Development in Pakistan," worth Rs 11,567.297 million, was presented and recommended to ECNEC for further approval.
Seven projects financed by Asian Development Bank (ADB), three projects of World Bank, one project of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and a project of Chinese grant got approval.