Punjab approves 17 development schemes worth Rs 37.40 billion

[Salman]

The Punjab Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved seventeen development schemes of various development sectors with an estimated cost of Rs 37,397.117 million.

These schemes were approved in the 48th meeting of the PDWP of current fiscal year 2014-15 which was presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development (P&D) Board Chairman Muhammad Irfan Elahi.

Provincial Secretary P&D Waseem Ajmal Chaudhary, members of the P&D Board, provincial secretary concerned and other senior representatives of the relevant provincial departments also attended the meeting.

According to spokesman for P&D, the approved development schemes included: Construction of Signal Free Junctions at Qainchi, Ghazi Road and Khaira, Lahore (revised) at the cost of Rs 6508.271 million, Construction of Canal Express Way from Gatt Wala Bridge to Sahian Wala (M-3) Interchange, Faisalabad (length=25.2 km) at the cost of Rs 6738.015 million, Provision of Sewerage System for UC-117,118 & 120, Lahore at the cost of Rs 6438.067 million, WASA Drains Rehabilitation (Bird Wood Drain, Central Drain and Cantonment Drain from Multan Road to Babu Sabu, (Removal of Bottlenecks) Lahore at the cost of Rs 2721.686 million, Operationalisation of Linear Accelerator at Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Nishtar Hospital Multan (revised) at the cost of Rs 325.250 million, Provision of Residential Colony of Ghazi Khan Medical College DG Khan at the cost of Rs 278.063 million, Selective Lining of Irrigation Channels in Punjab Phase-III (revised) at the cost of Rs 2500.00 million, Augmentation of Desilting Capability of Irrigation Department, Punjab at the cost of Rs 275.00 million, Lahore Ring Road Project (Package-4) Construction of Interchange at Saggian Chowk at the cost of Rs 2186.115 million, Dualisation of Eastern Side Byepass length=14.25 Kms in District Gujranwala (revised) at the cost of Rs 915.345 million, Dualisation of Gujranwala Sialkot Road (section Gujranwala to Daska) length=21.71 Kms in District Gujranwala and Sialkot (revised) at the cost of Rs 2102.814 million,

Widening / Improvement of Kahuta Karot Road via Khalool L=31.17 km, Rawalpindi at the Cost of Rs. 585.005 million, Construction of New Bhoun Bypass, length=11.00 km District Chakwal (Revised) at the Cost of Rs. 175.718 million, Construction of Bridge over River Indus Near Miran Pur on Linking N-55 at Arbi Tibba with R.Y. Khan (length:4000 Rft)at the Cost of Rs. 2125.257 million, Dualization of Sahiwal-Arifwala Road from 2.54 Km to 44.66 Km, District Sahiwal-Pakpattan at the cost of Rs 1521.459 million, Construction of Bridge on River Ravi at Qutab Shahana in District Sahiwal at the cost of Rs 1757.048 million and Capacity building of Directorate General Monitoring and Evaluation (DGM&E) for Improved Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Project in Punjab (2nd revision) at the cost of Rs 244.00 million.