CDWP clears Rs160b development projects

Health, urban infrastructure and flood recovery projects sent to ECNEC

ISLAMABAD:

The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved and reviewed a portfolio of development projects worth Rs160.2 billion at a meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal.

The forum considered proposals in the health, physical planning, housing, transport and communications sectors, approving two projects with a cumulative cost of Rs8.5 billion and recommending four major projects amounting to Rs151.7 billion to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), according to an official statement issued on Friday.

In the health sector, the CDWP examined the Sindh government's project titled "Sindh Human Capital Investment: 1,000 Days – Integrated Health and Population Programme," with a total cost of Rs55,078.535 million, and recommended it to ECNEC. The project aims to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, nutrition and family planning. It will be implemented by the Sindh Health Department in collaboration with the Population Welfare Department and financed through foreign funding.

Under the transport and communications sector, the CDWP approved the Hyderabad Urban Infrastructure Development Package with an estimated cost of Rs5 billion. The project will be financed through the Public Sector Development Programme and is expected to improve urban mobility, generate economic activity and enhance access to services in the Hyderabad region.

The forum also discussed the Karachi Urban Infrastructure Development Package under the physical planning and housing sector and recommended it to ECNEC. With a total cost of Rs15 billion, the project will focus on priority infrastructure across Karachi, and will be financed through the PSDP.