Body for speedy completion of projects.

Lahore -- Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has constituted public-private partnership policy and monitoring board under P and D department to step up efforts for completing uplift projects at the earliest.

The first meeting of this board was held under the chair of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar at his office in which implementation on mega projects was given approval and appointment of Dr Muhammad Junaid Ashraf was approved as director executive committee of this board. Recruitment of human resource for public-private partnership policy and monitoring board was given approval along with the approval of establishment of weaving city in industrial city Faisalabad through PPP mode. This project would be completed with an amount of Rs4.50 billion and Faisalabad's power looms industry will be shifted to weaving city. Zero-rating tax will be implemented for PPP mode projects and line departments will take necessary steps in this regard.

The meeting gave approval to setting up of combined effluent treatment plants in Sundar Industrial Estate and Quaid-e-Azam Industrial Estate Lahore with a total amount of Rs6 billion.

The meeting also approved installation of one million water meters in Lahore with an amount of Rs10 billion. The southern loop-III project of Lahore Ring Road was given approval which would be completed with an amount of around Rs10 billion. The meeting approved dualization of Chiniot-Pindi Bhattian Road along with provision of project development facility which would also be provided to Lai Expressway...

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