CPEC: Meeting held to address Gwadar issues

ISLAMABAD: Senate Special Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project has decided to write a letter to the federal government to increase allocation of funds in the Public Sector Development Programme 2015-16 for both western and eastern routes. Senator Taj Haider, convener of the committee, said that keeping in view the importance of the project, more allocation was needed to complete it as soon as possible. “A meeting would be held in Gwadar during the first week of July where all local stakeholders will be invited to address their concerns,” he said. He suggested launching a special package for the well-being of local people as most of them were living below the poverty line. Senator Chaudhry Tanvir suggested linking Gwadar to the national grid immediately and constructing a railway line from Dalband to Gwadar to link the area with the rest of the country.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 18^th,  2015.

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