CDWP to take up 39 projects worth Rs 124.655 billion

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CDWP to take up 39 projects worth Rs 124.655 billion

By Ijaz Kakakhel

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) of the Planning Commission (PC) is likely to take up recommend 39 projects costing Rs 124.655 billion with Rs 73.254 billion as foreign exchange component (FEC) in its next meeting scheduled for Oct 14.

PC Deputy Chairman Dr Nadeemul Haq will chair it. The meeting will take up national importance projects in different fields including agriculture and food, education, energy, governance, industry commerce, physical planning and housing, mass media and culture and sports, science and technology, higher education, transport and communication and water resources.

The CDWP will consider one projects on agriculture and food namely, ‘Gwadar, Lasbela Livelihood Support Project IFAD Funding worth Rs 2.998 billion with Rs 2.550 billion as FEC, one scheme for education sector, namely ‘Punjab School Libraries Project worth Rs 1.694 billion with Rs 392.534 million as FEC.

The meeting will consider five energy related projects with total cost of Rs 15.381 billion with Rs 11.899 billion as foreign exchange component (FEC). These projects are: ‘Long Term Operation of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (LTOK) Rs 868.197 million with Rs 447.159 million as FEC’, ‘PC-II for Joint Pre-project feasibility and design Study of a 1000 Megawatts (MW) Nuclear Power Plant for Karachi Rs 1.139 billion with Rs 1.036 billion as FEC’, ’26 MW Hydropower Project at Shagarthang, Skardu, revised and ADB funding Rs 4.843 billion with Rs 3.860 billion as FEC’. More energy related projects are: ‘Replacement of Conventional Street Lights with Light Emitting DIODE (LED) Lights at Islamabad, ADB funding and CDA self financing Rs 6.524.450 billion with Rs 5.620.716 billion as FEC’, ‘Grid Stations further consists of three project with total cost of Rs 2.005 billion with Rs 934.590 million.

The CDWP will also consider a single project on governance, namely, ‘Strengthening of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) System in Northern Areas, Gilgit Rs125.358 million with Rs 42 million as FEC. The Industry and Commerce sector has two projects with total cost of Rs1.250 billion with Rs 805 million as FEC. These projects are ‘Establishment of Provincial Training Centre for Mine Workers and Emergency Response Training Quetta, with financial assistance of government of Australia with total cost of Rs 1.150 billion with Rs 805 million as FEC’, ‘Up-gradation of NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology (NFC IET) Facility Rs 100 million.

The meeting will consider six projects related to Physical Planning and Housing (PP&H) with total cost of Rs 17.374 billion with Rs 12.389 billion as FEC. These projects are ‘Construction of Petroleum House, G-5 Islamabad with Rs 911.121 million’, ‘Post Flood Reconstruction of projects in P.H.E Sector FATA Rs 101.460 million’, ‘Up-gradation and development of Shrine Hazrat Bibi Pak Daman, Lahore Rs 270 million’, ‘Rehabilitation and improvement of drainage scheme, Larkana City Rs 944.945 million’, ‘Municipal Services Delivery Programme, Sindh (USAID Grant) Rs 6.668 billion with Rs 5.016 billion as FEC’, and ‘Municipal Services Delivery Programme (MSDP) Rs 8.479billion.

The high level meeting will also consider a single project of Mass Media, Culture and Sports, namely, ‘Replacement of 10 KW MW with 100 KW MW Transmitter under US Aid Programme and shifting of existing Broadcasting House to new site (US Aid) Rs 389.291 million with Rs 291.300 million as FEC. The Science and Technology sector has also a single project, namely ‘Establishment of Pakistan institute of Cost and Contract (PICC) Rs 117.749 million.

The Higher Education has six important projects with total cost of Rs 3.814 billion with Rs 1.258 billion as FEC. These projects are; ‘Strengthening of Institute of Business Administration (IBM) Karachi, revised Rs 399.780 million with Rs 132.410 million’, ‘Development of Malakand University, Chakdara, Dir Lower revised Rs 706.428 million with Rs 286.620 million as FEC’, ‘Strengthening and Upgrading of Peshawar Campus of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar (revised) Rs 650.218 million with Rs 166.793 million’. Other important projects of the higher education sector are ‘Immediate Needs of the University of Science and Technology Bannu (Revised) Rs 704.767 million with Rs 71.223 million as FEC’, ‘Strengthening and Development of department of Civil Engineering, Software Engineering and Institute of Science and Technology including allied facilities and services, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro (revised) Rs 676.545 million with Rs 244.685 million as FEC’, and ‘Strengthening and Development of Department of Bio-Medical

Engineering Institute Environment Engineering and Management, Communal Facilities for Students and Staff including allied services, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro (revised) Rs 677.061 million with Rs 356.906 million as FEC’.

Transport and Communication sector consists of 11 national importance projects with total cost of Rs 78.014 billion with Rs 43.626 billion as FEC. These projects are ‘construction of Bridge across River Indus Linking Jheekruk with Mulla Katiar Rs 5.883 billion’, ‘Hasanabdal-Havelian-Mansehra Expressway E-35 (110 km) ADB Rs 46.810 billion with Rs 41.618 billion as FEC’, ‘Construction of Interchange on National Highway N-5 at Aziz Chowk, Gujranwala Rs 2.348 billion’, ‘Improvement and widening of N-45 (141 km) section-1, Chakdara, Timargara, section-2, Akhagram-Dir section-3, Kalkatak-Chitral Rs 9.202 billion’, ‘Rehabilitation of Rolling Stock and Track in Connection with Bali out package Rs 4.656 billion with Rs 1.808 billion’.

More important projects of the transport and communication sector are ‘Reconstruction and rehabilitation of road infrastructure damaged due to flood and heavy rain 2010 Rs 1.790 billion’, ‘Construction of Fish Landing Jetty and Allied Harbour Works at Surbundar (revised) Rs 1.113 billion’, ‘Construction of Fish Landing Jetty and Allied Harbour Works at Pishukan (revised) Rs 1.043 billion’, Rehabilitation of Metalled Road from Jhal Magsi Nausherhra to Nuttai (N-65) length 115 km Rs 500million’. The construction and widening of Black topped roads in Balochistan at five different places with total cost of Rs 2.532 billion and Flood Schemes in 3 different parts of FATA with total cost of Rs 2.133 billion.

The Water Resources sector consists of total four projects with total cost of Rs 3.494 billion. These projects are ‘Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the Damaged Caused by 2010 Flood to Water Sector Infrastructures (flood, irrigation and drainage) Rs 781.495 million’, ‘Flood restoration works in Rahim Yar Khan Canal Circle Rs 1.219 billion’ and ‘rehabilitation and restoration of water management infrastructure, Office buildings and land development and Purchase and repair of Machinery in Flood Affected areas of Balochistan Rs 1.217 billion.

According to the rules, the CDWP can approve a project valuing up to Rs 1 billion and the projects costlier than it will be sent to Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for recommendations.