*ISLAMABAD: *The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) meeting onTuesday approved two projects worth Rs3.33 billion and recommended fourprojects worth Rs213.20 billion to the Executive Committee of NationalEconomic Council (ECNEC) for consideration.
During the meeting, held under the chair of Planning Commission DeputyChairman Dr Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan, projects related to informationtechnology, health, governance, physical planning & housing and transport &communications were presented.
The first project related to the health sector was titled ‘Prime Minister’sNational Health Programme (phase 2)’. The project, worth Rs31.93 billion,was referred to ECNEC for further approval.
The second project ‘Establishment of Safe Blood Transfusion Service inIslamabad Capital Territory’, worth Rs102.857 million, was approved by CDWP.
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Meanwhile, all three projects related to the transport & communicationssector were referred to ECNEC for approval. The first project titled‘Construction of Peshawar-Turkham Motorway project as part of Khyber PassEconomic Corridor Project’ was worth Rs41.44 billion, the second project‘Construction of BRT Red Line Project’ was worth Rs78.38 billion while thethird project ‘Karachi Urban Mobility Project (Yellow BRT Corridor)’amounted to Rs61.43 billion.
A physical planning & housing sector-related project titled ‘Constructionof AJK Legislative Assembly Complex’ worth Rs2.85 billion was approved bythe CDWP.
