CDWP refers Rs69.4b K-P project to ECNEC

The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Tuesday referred Rs69.44 billion Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Rural Accessibility Project (K-PRAP) to the Executive Committee of the National Executive Council (Ecnec).

The CDWP, which is responsible for clearing the provincial projects, met here with Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal in the chair. The meeting took up three development projects worth Rs76.5 billion.

The forum referred the K-PRAP to Ecnec, while approved the construction of Rs3,958.188 million six-lane overhead bridge at Shahdara, and Rs3,098.600 million Sindh Health Support Programme.

The National Highway Authority (NHA) will charge toll tax after the construction of the six-lane overhead bridge at Imamia Colony Railway Crossing, Shahdara, being sponsored by the Ministry of Communications.

The Sindh government prioritised a total of 131 interventions as District EPHS that included 94 interventions as an immediate priority, of which 21 were at the community level, 37 at the Primary Health Care facility level, and 36 at the First Level Hospital.