Central
Development Working Party meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy
Chairman Planning Commission Mr. Sartaj Aziz. Moreover, Senior officials from
federal and provincial governments participated in the meeting. The projects
presented for approval includes energy, transport & communications,
physical planning & housing, science & technology, governance,
devolution & area development, industries & commerce, health and mass
media.
In energy
sector, a project titled 220kV Mastung substation along with 220kV
Sibbi-Mastung-Quetta-Loralai double circuit transmission lines worth Rs. 14.143
billion was referred to ECNEC for further approval. The main objective of the
project is up gradation of existing 132kV Mastung grid station to 220kV level
along with associated transmission lines to meet with the additional load
demand & voltage profile improvement of QESCO area.
CDWP approved
four projects in transport & communication out of which one was referred to
ECNEC for approval. The projects include land acquisition, affected properties
compensation and relocation of utilities for KKH phase 2 CPEC (Havelian-Thakot)
Project 119.681 KM, reconstruction of Manghopir road from Jam Chakro to Banaras
8.10 KM, Construction of flyover and skhi Hassan, five star and KDA roundabout
along Sher Shah Suri Road, Karachi. Lastly, reconstruction of Nishtar Road from
Teen Hatti to Napier and Manghopir Road from Banaras to Nishter was approved in
CDWP.
In physical
planning & housing, 5-MGD Reverse Osmosis Sea Water Plant for Gwadar City
was approved in CDWP. The project aims to meet the future of 10.0 MGD by
2020.
In Science
and Technology section, six projects were approved in CDWP out of which one
project was referred to ECNEC worth Rs. 20.9 billion. The projects include
Overseas Scholarship for Ph.D in selected fields, the project envisages Ph.D.
level training of 2000 talented candidates in selected fields to meet the
faculty requirement of the already established and newly proposal skills. In
addition, five projects were approved by CDWP including establishment of
college of nursing & strengthening of community medicine department at
Peoples university of Medical and Health Sciences for Women Nawabshah,
upgradation of synthetic fibre development and application centre (SFDAC) and
plastic technology centre (PTC) Karachi as a sub-campus of National Textile
University, establishment of women campus of Kohat university of science &
technology in Kohat, establishment of university campus for women at Bannu and
lastly, institute of science & technology Bahawalpur.
In governance
section, assessing and strengthening the competition regime in Pakistan worth
Rs. 157 Million was approved in CDWP.
The major aim
of CCP was to provide for a legal framework to create a business environment
based on healthy competition for improving economic efficiency, developing
competitiveness and protecting consumers from anti-competitive practices.
In devolution
and area development, Southern Punjab Poverty Alleviation Project (SPPAP) was
referred to ECNEC worth Rs. 7.6 billion. The overall objective of the project
is to contribute to reduction of poverty in Southern Punjab region. The project
aims to increase the incomes of poor households by increasing agriculture
productivity, improved livelihood opportunities, improve community physical
infrastructure and level of skills through vocational trainings especially for
women.
In industries
& commerce unit, procurement of three machines of modernization of survey
of Pakistan and 1000 industrial stitching units were approved with costs Rs.
373.9 & Rs. 350.5 million respectively.
In health
section, three projects were discussed and approved which includes Maternal New
born and Child Health program (MNCH) 2015-2018, MNCH Gilgit Baltistan and MNCH
AJK with costs of Rs. 862.352, Rs. 340.374 & Rs. 1497.901 respectively.
Strengthening
of Sports Infrastructure was approved with a cost of Rs. 2.9 billion. The
project envisages to upgrade and strengthening of existing sports
infrastructure in the country by replacement/provision/up-gradation of various
sports facilities in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Narowal.
The objectives of the project are to enhance skills of national and
international players through provision of world class training facilities and
holding international, regional and national level sports competitions for
almost all indoor and outdoor games.
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