Sindh increases ADP by 53 per cent
KARACHI:
The Sindh government has announced an Annual Development Plan (ADP) of Rs115 billion for the budget 2010-11, an increase of 53 per cent over last year’s allocation of Rs75 billion.
However, the total development portfolio of the province would be Rs135 billion. The additional Rs20 billion, other than the ADP, is expected to be received from the federal government in grants and foreign project assistance.
Budget documents showed that though the cost of infrastructure for the Thar coal project is estimated to be around Rs100 billion, to make a beginning and to show a commitment to Thar coal-based power generation the Sindh government has allocated Rs10 billion, one of the biggest allocations.
The provincial government, considering the power crisis in the country, also expects the same amount of investment from the federal government in Thar coal projects to expedite power generation.
The provincial government announced a Road Master Plan to construct nine strategic highways and two bridges over River Indus with a total length of 1,000 km.
Total budget expenditure for road construction would be Rs13 billion. To connect Thar coal projects with other cities, a road stretching over 296 km will be constructed linking Karachi through Thatta-Badin-Mithi-Islamkot.
The Sindh government also wants to construct six other major highways linking different parts of the province to each other. These highways are part of a programme to link major and minor industrial zones of the province.
According to the budget documents, the Sindh government is working with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to move towards a corporate structure of industrial estates by creating management companies led by stakeholders.
In this regard, a beginning is being made with Kotri, Nooriabad, Benazir Abad, Larkana and Khairpur Industrial Estates.
The documents showed that new industrial zones will be built around regions where captive power plants can be easily provided to industrial zones. For instance, new industrial estates will be in proximity to gas fields, so that transmission line losses can be reduced.
For clean drinking water and sanitation, the provincial government said it has allocated Rs3.8 billion for the year 2010-11.
For fisheries and livestock, a Dairy Village spanning over 1,300 acres is being built as a processing zone for meat animals at Bhambore in Thatta.
Floating jetties, land structures in the Indus Delta system, modification of boats, provision of fishing gear and establishment of a cold chain from land sites to Karachi are part of the fisheries and livestock sector, the documents showed.
For urban development, the share of Karachi would be Rs16 billion with Lyari getting Rs871 million. Hyderabad would get a share of Rs3.8 billion for 31 schemes like roads, water supply, sanitation and parks.
Larkana package has been allocated Rs4.6 billion with 50 per cent to be provided by the federal government and 50 per cent by Sindh government.
The documents said the North Sindh Urban Services Corporation (NSUSC) has begun operations and will now take over water supply, sewerage and solid waste management services of seven cities. This will be followed by another cluster in central Sindh covering the cities of Nawabshah, Moro, Shahdadpur, Hala, Sanghar and Dadu.
Published in the Express Tribune, June 12th, 2010.
The Sindh government has announced an Annual Development Plan (ADP) of Rs115 billion for the budget 2010-11, an increase of 53 per cent over last year’s allocation of Rs75 billion.
However, the total development portfolio of the province would be Rs135 billion. The additional Rs20 billion, other than the ADP, is expected to be received from the federal government in grants and foreign project assistance.
Budget documents showed that though the cost of infrastructure for the Thar coal project is estimated to be around Rs100 billion, to make a beginning and to show a commitment to Thar coal-based power generation the Sindh government has allocated Rs10 billion, one of the biggest allocations.
The provincial government, considering the power crisis in the country, also expects the same amount of investment from the federal government in Thar coal projects to expedite power generation.
The provincial government announced a Road Master Plan to construct nine strategic highways and two bridges over River Indus with a total length of 1,000 km.
Total budget expenditure for road construction would be Rs13 billion. To connect Thar coal projects with other cities, a road stretching over 296 km will be constructed linking Karachi through Thatta-Badin-Mithi-Islamkot.
The Sindh government also wants to construct six other major highways linking different parts of the province to each other. These highways are part of a programme to link major and minor industrial zones of the province.
According to the budget documents, the Sindh government is working with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to move towards a corporate structure of industrial estates by creating management companies led by stakeholders.
In this regard, a beginning is being made with Kotri, Nooriabad, Benazir Abad, Larkana and Khairpur Industrial Estates.
The documents showed that new industrial zones will be built around regions where captive power plants can be easily provided to industrial zones. For instance, new industrial estates will be in proximity to gas fields, so that transmission line losses can be reduced.
For clean drinking water and sanitation, the provincial government said it has allocated Rs3.8 billion for the year 2010-11.
For fisheries and livestock, a Dairy Village spanning over 1,300 acres is being built as a processing zone for meat animals at Bhambore in Thatta.
Floating jetties, land structures in the Indus Delta system, modification of boats, provision of fishing gear and establishment of a cold chain from land sites to Karachi are part of the fisheries and livestock sector, the documents showed.
For urban development, the share of Karachi would be Rs16 billion with Lyari getting Rs871 million. Hyderabad would get a share of Rs3.8 billion for 31 schemes like roads, water supply, sanitation and parks.
Larkana package has been allocated Rs4.6 billion with 50 per cent to be provided by the federal government and 50 per cent by Sindh government.
The documents said the North Sindh Urban Services Corporation (NSUSC) has begun operations and will now take over water supply, sewerage and solid waste management services of seven cities. This will be followed by another cluster in central Sindh covering the cities of Nawabshah, Moro, Shahdadpur, Hala, Sanghar and Dadu.
Published in the Express Tribune, June 12th, 2010.