Govt approves five schemes

LAHORE: The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Friday approved five development schemes of various sectors with an estimated cost of Rs 38624.317 million.

These schemes were approved in the 19th meeting of the PDWP of current fiscal year 2017-18. Planning and Development Chairman Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan presided over the meeting. Secretary P&D Iftikhar Ali Sahoo, all members of the Planning and Development Board, provincial secretaries concerned, Assistant Chief P&D Coordination-II Hafiz Muhammad Iqbal and other senior representatives of the relevant provincial departments also attended the meeting.



The approved development schemes included: Punjab Police Integrated Command, Control and Communication (PPIC3) Centre, Lahore (Revised) with the cost of Rs14527 million, promotion of gram cultivation through life saving irrigation with sprinkler system under changing climate with the cost of Rs380.080 million, rehabilitation/reconstruction/ of road from Sahiwal to Sillanwali via Farooqa length 26.17 km, Sargodha with the cost of Rs694.413 million, Third Party Validation of Roadmap Data on Basic Health Units and Rural Health Centres (PC-II) with the cost of Rs21.524 million and enhancing of public private Partnership in Punjab with the cost of Rs23,001.30 million.  

Published in The Express Tribune, September 30^th, 2017.