PESHAWAR: Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of Pakistan’s north-western province of Khyber Agency yesterday approved 32 projects with a total outlay of Rs18.099bn.
The meeting chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Khalid Pervez gave the nod, said a handout.
The forum in its eight hours long session considered 35 development projects with an overall estimated cost of Rs22.856bn.
The projects were received from Communication and Works, Local Government and Rural Development, Establishment, Health, Higher Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Irrigation, Industries, Transport, and Agriculture departments.
However, the forum approved 32 projects with a total outlay of Rs18.099bn with instruction to rationalise the cost of various projects’ components in light of the prevailing policies of the government.
Approval of three projects was deferred till the next meeting with the instructions to the departments to come up with full representation and preparation.
The water sector projects were approved subject to waiver of policy for hiring of consultants for feasibility of the projects.
The supervising consultants will also authenticate the data used in preparation of the PC-I in addition to the vetting and reviewing of the design.
With the participation of community and farmers, 100 fish hatchery and provision of 160 solar pumping machinery to the existing agriculture tube wells were also approved.
Establishment of 100 trout fish ponds under public private partnership in Malakand and Hazara divisions on equal share basis was okayed.
Solar power machinery for productivity enhancement for KP was approved.
Improvement of emergency services in all the teaching hospitals of Peshawar and DHQ hospitals of the province under special pro-poor initiatives was also given the nod.
Among the approved projects were establishment of Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan (Phase-II); construction of Northern Section of the Ring Road from Pajjagi Road to Warsak Road in Peshawar; strengthening of University of Malakand, Bacha Khan University Charsadda, University of Swabi and establishment of seven government colleges in KP was approved; feasibility study and detailed designing for establishment of Small Industrial Estate Abbottabad-II, feasibility study and detailed designing for rehabilitation of existing SIDB Small Industrial Estates of Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Kohat and Mansehra etc. INTERNEWS
