149 development projects likely to be completed by end June 2021

Engineering Post Report

As many as 149 development projects of various sectors  involving total estimated cost of Rs 827 billion is expected to be completed by current financial year closes on June 30,2021.

 This number of hopefully completed projects is against 1023 ongoing and new development projects listed in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) of the Federal Government for financial year 2020-21.

According to the information available from the Planning Commission sources, some of these likely to be completed projects may be delayed due to slowdown of implementation and execution due to persisting third wave of pandemic of Corona Virus.

Key completed projects by end of ongoing financial years, the sources indicated, may include Construction of Karakoram Highway, Phase-11 of Havelian- Thakot Motorway, Burhan-Havellian Expressway, Faisalabad-Khanewal Expressway, School of Dentistry Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University Islamabad, Replacement of GSM Network Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Construction of Post Allied Structures in Mullah Band Area Gwadar and Special Repair of 250 Diesel Electric Locomotives of Pakistan Railways.