These schemes were approved during the 16th meeting of the provincial development working party for current fiscal year 2013-14. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ FILE
These schemes were approved during the 16th meeting of the provincial development working party for current fiscal year 2013-14, presided over by Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman Muhammad Irfan Elahi.
According to a handout issued by the Planning and Development Department, the approved development schemes included feasibility for the establishment of National Safari Park near Kallar Kahar, Chakwal District (PC-II) at a cost of Rs2 million, enhancing capacity of Shahdara Railway Bridge and old GT Road Bridge on Ravi in Lahore at a cost of Rs3.6 billion, construction of J-Head spur and excavation of Cunette to streamline river flow away from the left bank of Indus River near the village of Aluwali Dhingana and Doaba in Mianwali District at a cost of Rs358 million.
The schemes also included establishment of a 60-bed hospital in Sabzazar Scheme Lahore at a cost of Rs277 million, widening/improvement of Gujranwala-Pasrur Road in Gujranwala District and Sialkot at a cost of Rs1.1 billion and rehabilitation, widening and improvement of Khushab Muzaffargarh Road Jhang District at a cost of Rs347 million.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2013.
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