The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved four projects worthRs. 6.8 billion and recommended another project worth Rs. 43.32 billion tothe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) forfurther consideration.
CDWP meeting, held in Islamabad on Monday, was chaired by Deputy ChairmanPlanning Commission, Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan. Secretary Planning, MatharNiaz Rana, Senior officials from Planning Commission and Federal Ministriesand Divisions also participated in the meeting while representatives fromProvincial Governments participated through a video link.
Projects related to Energy, Information Technology, Transport, andCommunications were presented in the meeting.——————————
A project presented in the meeting related to Energy, namely “16 MW HydroPower Project Naltar-III, Gilgit,” worth Rs. 6199.493 million was approvedby the CDWP.
The object of the project is to construct a 16 MW Hydropower project totransmit energy to Gilgit through the existing 66 kV transmission line ofNaltar-V for meeting the power requirements of Gilgit Town and itssurrounding areas.
Three projects related to Information Technology were presented in themeeting. The first project, namely “Feasibility study for Establishing ofJiddat Investment and Support Fund,” is worth Rs. 84.200 million.
The second project, titled “Feasibility study and consultancy forDevelopment of STZ (Special Technology Zones) in Pakistan,” is worth Rs.165 million. Whereas, the third project was “High Impact Skills Boot Camp,”which is worth Rs. 420.011 million. The project aims to train 200 ITprofessionals in 4 critical emerging technologies i.e;
1. Cloud Computing 2. Artificial Intelligence 3. Machine Learning 4. BlockChain
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The emphasis is to develop a core group pf trainers and high valued highlyskilled professionals that could provide training to local human resourceslater in the critical emerging technologies
CDWP approved all three Information Technology projects.
Ministry of Communications presented the project related to Transport andCommunications, titled “Sialkot (Sambial) – Kharian Motorway,” worth Rs.43328.552 million. This project was referred to ECNEC for further approval.——————————
The project envisages of construction of a 69-km long 4-lanes wideSambial-Kharian Motorway with structures to be constructed for 6-lanes. Itwill be a divided controlled access road with 0.6 m New Jersey Barrier asmedian and having a Right of Way of 100m.
In his concluding remarks, Secretary Motahar Niaz Rana appreciated andacknowledged the efforts of the officers of the Ministry of PlanningDevelopment and Special Initiatives for conducting the weekly meetings ofCDWP with utmost diligence.
