15 development projects were approved by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) earlier which are said to be worth Rs422 billion. 6 out of the 15 were directly approved by CDWP while the remaining 9 were referred to Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for approval consideration. The 6 projects directly approved by CDWP are said to be worth 17.95 billion rupees. The projects include plans for health, agriculture, environment, manpower, governance, water resources, transport & communication and science & technology.
These projects include:
- Economic Transformation Initiative, Gilgit-Baltistan Planning and Development Department, GoGB (revised)” worth Rs26,763.880 million
- Sindh Coastal Resilience Project (SCRP), worth Rs45,792.325 million
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Mobilisation and Public Resource Management Program (Technical Assistance) (Revised), worth Rs4713.606 million
- Jinnah Medical Complex and Research Centre (PCU part), project worth Rs3110.4 million
- Social Sector Accelerator (SSA) for Health, Nutrition, Education, Youth & Gender (HNEYG) – Prime Minister’s Youth Internship Programme (Revised), worth Rs7499.804 million
- Procurement/ Manufacture of 820 High-Capacity Bogie Wagons and 230 Passenger Coaches (Revised), worth Rs70,967.944 million
- Rehabilitation of Multan-Vehari Road, worth Rs12,886.777 million
- Construction of Rawalpindi Ring Road, the revised project, worth Rs32,997.054 million
- Construction of Khawazakhela-Besham Expressway, The revised project, worth Rs. 137,711.391 million
- Extension of Klm Start Point to Saggian Road and Main Ravi Bridge (Revised), project worth Rs12,069.7 million
- Construction of Mangi Dam and Water Conveyance System (Revised)” project worth Rs18,994.65 million
- Consultancy Services for Design and Construction Supervision of New Air Traffic Control Tower and Fire Station at Jiap Karachi, worth Rs465.500.
- Hiring of Consultant for RNP-AR for all-weather flight operations at Skardu, Gilgit and Chitral airports, worth Rs832.015
- Sindh Early Learning Enhancement through Classroom Transformation (Revised), worth Rs46570.56 million
- Strengthening of MoPDSI in IT, worth Rs1334.554
The meeting which was chaired by Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, who is also deputy chairman Planning Commission.
