CDWP approves 10 projects worth Rs78.30 billion.

ISLAMABAD -- Central Development Working Party (CDWP) Wednesday approved 10 projects worth Rs78.30 billion.

Central Development Working Party (CDWP) presided over by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan, approved seven projects worth Rs26.1 billion and recommended three projects worth Rs52.2 billion to ECNEC for consideration.

Senior officials from federal and provincial governments were also present in the meeting. Projects related to Devolution and area Development, Transport and Communication, Physical Planning and Housing and Water Resources were present at the meeting.

Two projects related to Water Resources were presented in the meeting. First project was 'Kachi Canal Project' worth Rs22921 million recommended to ECNEC. Second project was 'Toiwar Batozai Storage dam project, district Killa saifullah, Balochistan' worth Rs4905.667 was approved by CDWP.

Two projects related to Energy Devolution and Area Development were presented in the meeting. The first project was 'Bajour area Development Project' worth Rs861.917 million was approved by CDWP. The main objective of this project is to eliminate poppy cultivation by providing alternate livelihood facilities to the people of the area; it will also make the area accessible to political administration by construction of rural roads. Second project 'Mohamand Area Development Project' worth Rs796.564 million was also approved in the meeting.

A project related to Transport and Communication namely 'Dualization and improvement of Mandra, Chakwal Road Project' worth Rs12774.091 million was referred to ECNEC. This project envisages improvement of 64 km long existing...

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