PAKISTAN TODAY (12-05-13)
21 development schemes worth Rs 25,717m approved by the PDWP
The Punjab government on Sunday approved 21 revised on-going development schemes costing approximately Rs 25717.507 million.
They were approved in the 33rd meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) for the current fiscal year, presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board (PPDB) Chairman Sohail Ahmad, said a PPDB spokesman.
All these were revised on-going development schemes and to avoid delays and protect against inflation, these schemes were considered in the PDWP's meeting and were also approved for within the stipulated time period by the Provincial Development Forum.
The schemes included completing the DHQ Building to convert it into a Kidney Centre at Multan at the cost of Rs 877.689 million, construction of Pandori Dam District Jhelum at the cost of Rs 656.939 million, construction of Chahan Dam Project in Rawalpindi at the cost of Rs 1567.429 million, capacity building and strengthening of mines and the Minerals Department at the cost of Rs 70.339 million, traffic resolution project at Kalma Chowk intersection Ferozepur Road, Lahore at the cost of Rs 2110.315 million, the dualization of the Kasur Depalpur Carriageway section from 0 to 101.3 kilometre in Kasur & Okara at the cost of Rs 5321.353 million, construction of a road from Sangla Hill to Shahkot in Nankana Sahib at the cost of Rs 311.828 million, dualization of Eastern Side Byepass in Gujranwala at the cost of Rs 935.585 million, improvement of road from Gujranwala Bypass Awan Chowk to Baghwala Chowk via Nowshera Virkan Karyal Road in Gujranwala at the cost of Rs 341.621 million, widening of Sialkot Eminabad Road at the cost of Rs 1063.535 million, dualization of Gujranwala Sialkot Road section from Gujranwala to Daska in Gujranwala at the cost of Rs 2171.178 million, construction of road from Sialkot at Sublime Chowk to Wazirabad Dual Carriageway at the cost of Rs 1348.651 million, construction and improvement of dual carriageway from Bijli Garh to District Complex Narowal via Jassar in Narowal at the cost of Rs 412.801 million, construction of underpass along the canal at Abdullahpur Chowk at the cost of Rs 1240.459 million, widening /improvement of 18-Hazari Fateh Pur Road in Jhang at the cost of Rs 945.807 million, widening /improvement of road from Hasilpur to Bahawalnagar in Bahawalpur at the cost of Rs 2027.805 million,widening/improvement of road from Vehari to Kacha Khu Road, length 43.64 km in District Vehari / Khanewal at the cost of Rs 522.481 million, rehabilitation of Raiwind Manga Road length=12 km in Lahore at the cost of Rs 371.651 million, Widening / Improvement of Chour Chowk on Grand Truk (GT) Road (N-5) Rawalpindi at the cost of Rs 412.968 million, dualization of Gujranwala-Sialkot Road (Section Daska Sialkot) in Sialkot at the cost of Rs. 2980.961 million and the establishment of the Strategic Planning Unit & Project Management Units in C&W Department at the cost of Rs 26.112 million
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