The Central Development Working Party Meeting (CDWP) has approved sixdevelopment projects worth Rs. 52 billion in its meeting that was held inIslamabad.
The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission,Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan.
The Secretary Planning, Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh, and senior officials from thePlanning Commission and the federal ministries/divisions also attended themeeting while the representatives of the provincial governments attended itvia video conference.——————————
Projects related to Transport & Communications and Water Resources werepresented at the meeting, of which two related to Transport &Communications are worth Rs. 16.27 billion.
The first project ‘Construction of Black Top Road from Duki to Chamalang(105 km) with Link Road (55 km)’ worth Rs. 6518.812 million was approved inthe meeting. It is aimed at the construction of two lanes that will be 7.3m wide and 105 km long single carriageways from Duki to Chamalang with 2 mshoulders on each side. The main road will pass through Nana Sahib, Gumbaz,and Shah Wali Landi Mirkhan, and will end at the Chamalang coal mines.
The second project ‘Widening, Improvement and Reconstruction of Road fromKhani Cross to Ziarat (70 km) and Ziarat to Sanjani (64 km)’ worth Rs.9752.375 million that is aimed at facilitating tourists traveling fromQuetta to Ziarat in one hour and thirty minutes was also approved in themeeting.——————————
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The CDWP approved another four projects worth Rs. 35.69 billion presentedby the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) during the meeting.
The first project ‘Restoration & Revamping of Mehmodabad Nullah and itsTributaries’ is worth Rs. 8657.42 million, the second project ‘Restoration& Revamping of Gujar Nullah’ is worth Rs. 9982.26 million, the thirdproject ‘Restoration & Revamping of Orangi Nullah’ is worth Rs. 9056.20million, and the fourth project ‘Restoration & Revamping of Lyari & MalirRivers with Associated Tributaries’ is worth Rs. 8003.66 million.
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