Daily Times

The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of Punjab approved four development schemes of various sectors with an estimated cost of Rs19,995.533 million.

These schemes were approved in a meeting of PDWP presided over by the Chairman P&D Board Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh.

Provincial Secretary P&D Imran Sikandar Baloch, all members of the Planning & Development Board, provincial secretaries of concerned departments, Senior Chief (Coord) Javed Latif, Assistant Chief Coordination Shahid Idrees and other senior representatives of the relevant provincial departments also attended the meeting.

The chairman P&D Board, while chairing PDWP emphasised on the seriousness of Covid-19. He said that the Punjab government is always focused on protecting citizens’ health by initiating such schemes and projects which are not only economically concerned but also focused on those whose livelihoods are at stake.

The approved development schemes included as Construction of Distribution Center, Rehabilitation of old Jhal Khanuana Water Treatment Plant (JICA Grant-In-Aid) Phase-I Faisalabad at the cost of Rs6,948.610 million, Covid-19 responsive and other natural calamities control programme at the cost of Rs10 billion, Feasibility Studies of Mohar Lift Irrigation Scheme “A&B” offtake from RD 201+500 & 87+000 Mohajir Branch (PC-II) at the cost of Rs58.123 million and Land Acquisition for Jalalpur Irrigation Project (JIP) (Revised) at the cost of Rs. 2,988.800 million.