Govt to restart Gwadar Safe City Project with escalated cost.

ISLAMABAD -- After delay of more than six years the government will restart Gwadar Safe City Project with an escalated cost of Rs4,966.905 million, which is 68.26pc higher than the original estimated cost.

Gwadar Safe City Project (Phase-1) was originally approved in 2016 with an estimated cost of Rs2,951.778 million and completion time of 36 months (till June 2019), however the project was delayed as only Rs788.00 million of the funds have been utilised in more than six years, official source told The Nation.

The original PC-I of the project 'Gwadar Safe City (Phase-I) costing Rs10.752 billion was submitted by government of Balochistan in 2015. However, the project was approved by the CDWP on 19th Feb, 2016 at a cost of Rs2,951.77 million on 50:50 cost sharing basis by the federal and provincial government.

The project has been considerably delayed and the Prime Minister Office (PMO) directed that PC-I of Gwadar Safe City Project may be implemented after resolving all the issues. Now it has been decided that PC-I be revised immediately without further delay.

Now the cost of the project in the revised PC-I is being enhanced to Rs4,966.905, while the timeline is being extended to 102 months till June 2024, the source said.

The project will be funded by the federal government and provincial government of Balochistan. The federal share is Rs2653.28 million while provincial share is Rs2313.62 million.

Gwadar Safe City has been developed to help all government stakeholders including city administration, Gwadar police and other Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to mitigate the security and communication challenges.

The Gwadar Safe City Project (GSC) will promote interoperability across law enforcement, emergency services and other government agencies (public health, border control, social services) to streamline operations and provide 'situational awareness' to all stakeholders involved in...

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