Govt approves over Rs10b for uplift schemes
Punjab government has approved seven development schemes of different having estimated worth Rs10.47 billion.
These schemes were approved in the 20th session of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of current fiscal year 2022-23 on Monday. The session was presided over by the Planning & Development Board Chairman Abdullah Khan Sumbal.
The approved development schemes included rehabilitation and improvement of 24.5-kilometre road from Bhowana to Aminpur Road in District Chiniot at the cost of Rs1.22 billion, rehabilitation of Khushab Muzaffargarh Road (district boundary Khushab to Daal More) district Jhang at the cost of Rs2.94 billion, rehabilitation of road from Jhang Shorkot Kabirwala Road Adda Doli Shaheed to Toba Tek Singh (Majhi Sultan Road), district Jhang at the cost of Rs1.86 billion, rehabilitation and reconstruction of Lilla Kandwal 15.50-km road (section Lilla Darbar Sharif to Lilla Petorl Pump (City Portion) length: 1.62-km tehsil Pind Dadan Khan, district Jhelum at the cost of Rs1.04 billion, rehabilitation and improvement of metalled road Tateypur Road from Adda Qadirpur Raan to Pull Chatha via Tateypur, district Multan (revised) at the cost of Rs416.322 million.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 18th, 2022.