ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning Development and Reforms Makhdoom KhusroBukhtiar Thursday informed the Senate that a project worth Rs 17 billionwas included in the forthcoming budget to link Gwadar with the nationalpower grid.
Responding to various supplementary questions during Question Hour, theminister said the government had clear policy to bring all those areas atpar with developed one which were ignored in the past.
He said Balochistan would get its due share in the upcoming annual PublicSector Development Progamme (PSDP) and around Rs 8 billion would beallocated for Kacchi Canal project.
He said during last 4 years (April, 2015-March, 2019) 119 developmentschemes were received from provincial governments out of which CentralDevelopment Working Party (CDWP) approved 43 projects sponsored byProvincial Governments.
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The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved45 projects sponsored by the Provincial Governments, he added.
He said 31 projects sponsored by the Provincial Governments were returnedto the provinces during the said period. The main reason for returning theprojects remained non- confirmation of source of financing to the projects,he said.
