Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor AhsanIqbal Friday chaired a meeting of the Central Development Working Party(CDWP) that approved six development projects worth Rs 21.28 billion.
The meeting, attended among others by the Secretary Planning, ChiefEconomist, Members Planning Commission and representatives from the variousministries and divisions, considered four projects related to the Ministryof Climate Change, Aviation Division and provincial projects, a newsrelease said.
The forum okayed the installation of a Weather Surveillance Radar at Multan(revised) at the cost of Rs 6188.759 million, the establishment of a250-bed hospital at Skardu at the cost of Rs 6,045 million, setting up of‘Excellence Hubs’ in the field of renewable energy at the cost of Rs111.403 million, construction of road from Naag to Gichak,(revised) at thecost of Rs 4,255.591 million, construction of two lanes D. I. Khan at thecost of Rs3097.045 million besides establishing ‘Capacity Building &Institutional Strengthening of Planning Commission’ at the cost of Rs2086.299 million.
Sharing some details of the approved projects, it said with theconstruction of a 250-bed tertiary care divisional hospital on landmeasuring 500 kanal in Skardu city, patients of all the four districts ofBaltistan region, tourists and personnel of law enforcement agencies wouldbenefit from the modern healthcare facility at their doorsteps. Currently,there is only a 190-bed RHQ hospital in the Baltistan Division.
Under a Punjab government-sponsored project, it said two excellence hubs ofrenewable energy for exploring new avenues in view of the demand and supplyissues in the energy sector would be established. “The primary function ofan Excellence Hub is the availability of trained manpower in the market byimparting technical training on RE along with the promotion of renewableenergies, which includes the counseling of companies, testing of equipmentand machinery in that sector, start-up support and information sharing.”
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Similarly, the forum approved the Construction of a road from Naag toGichak, sponsored by the provincial government of Sindh. “The projectenvisages, the construction of 47.557-kilometre long a two-lanesingle-carriageway from Naag to Gichak, having a width of 06-meter(03-meter each lane wide) with 1.5-meter wide shoulders on each side,District Panjgur and Washuk, in the Southern Region of BalochistanProvince.”
The proposed road would connect Gichak with the mainstream of the NationalHighway (N-85), as well as with Panjgur towards the West and to the Southwith Awaran City. “Its connection with Awaran will provide an alternateroute to reach Bela and then onwards to Karachi, the economic hub ofPakistan, through National Highway (N-25).”
The scope of work included earthwork, subbase & base, pavement structures,construction of bridges and culverts. “The scope of work also includes,provision drainage & ancillary works, retaining / breast walls, along withallied structure,” it added.
