CDWP approves seven projects worth Rs26.1 billion
Islamabad: The Planning Commission’s Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Wednesday recommended Prime Minister’s Special Package to implement “Skill for All” strategy as catalyst for vocational and technical training development in Pakistan with estimated cost of Rs9.88 billion to ECNEC.
The main object of the project is provision of sufficiently skilled workforce for various national projects like CPEC projects and international job market, positively engaging the huge youth in Pakistan by providing them opportunities to channelise their latent energies in the right direction.
The CDWP meeting was presided over by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan. It approved 7 projects worth Rs26.1 billion and recommended 3 projects worth Rs52.2 billion to Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) for consideration.
Senior officials from federal and provincial governments were also present in the meeting. The projects related to Devolution & Area Development, Transport & Communication, Physical Planning & Housing and Water Resources were presented in the meeting.
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Two projects related to Energy Devolution & Area Development were presented in the meeting. The first project was “Bajaur area Development Project” worth Rs861.917 million was approved by CDWP. The main objective of this project is to eliminate poppy cultivation by providing alternative livelihood facilities to the people of the area; it will also make the area accessible to political administration by construction of rural roads. Second project “Mohamand Area Development Project” worth Rs796.564 million was also approved in the meeting.
A project related to Transport & Communication namely “Dualisation & improvement of Mandra, Chakwal Road Project” worth Rs12774.091 million was referred to ECNEC. This project envisages improvement of 64km long existing road to a width of 7.3 meter and construction of additional 7.3 meter wide road to make it dual carriage way beside provision of allied facilities and structure.
A project related to Manpower namely “Four projects related to Physical Planning & Housing were presented in the meeting. First project titled “Gravity Flow water Supply Scheme Mansehra” worth Rs6470.163 million was approved in the meeting. Second project was “Development of Kartarpur sahib Corridor on EPC/Turnkey Basis” worth Rs16546.2 referred to ECNEC. Third project “Readiness Financing for Punjab provincial Project – Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment program PC-II” worth Rs2571.406 million were also approved in the meeting. Fourth project was “Up-gradation of Cabinet Division’s 6 Aviation Squadron for Relief Operations and Enhancement of Security worth Rs638.772 million was also approved by CDWP. Two projects related to Water Resources were presented in the meeting. First project was “Kachi Canal Project” worth Rs22,921 million recommended to ECNEC. Second project was “Toiwar Batozai Storage dam project, district Killa Saifullah, Balochistan” worth Rs 4905.667 was approved by CDWP.