*ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday released around 1424.553 millionrupees for various projects of the Finance Division under the Public SectorDevelopment Programme (PSDP) during first seven months of the currentfiscal year.*
The government also released 200 million rupees for the Gwadar DevelopmentAuthority, whereas another 200 million rupees have been released for KhyberInstitute of Child Health and Children Hospital Peshawar).
An amount of 344.8 million rupees has been released for the Greater KarachiSewerage Plant (S-III Karachi), which is being executed on 50:50 costsharing basis between the federal and provincial governments.
According to a data of Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, intotal 862 million rupees have been allocated for the project under PSDP2018-19.
Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Jam Kamal Khan on January 8 said thatimplementation of Gwadar master plan would lead to increase the employmentopportunities and accelerate construction work and developmental activitiesin the city.
This he stated while presiding over a high level meeting in Quetta.
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The meeting also gave approval for the transformation of Gwadar from themunicipal committee to the status of the Metropolitan Corporation.
The participants of the meeting reviewed proposed amendments to be adoptedin the Local Government Act Balochistan.
Addressing the meeting, the CM said, the government wanted to strengthenthe local bodies system.
