LAHORE: The provincial government, during its second meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP), has okayed 10 projects of various sectors worth Rs108.55 billion for the fiscal year 2015-16.
The PDWP meeting was presided over by P&D Board Punjab Chairman Muhammad Irfan Elahi. Members of the Planning & Development Board, Provincial Secretary concerned and other senior representatives of the relevant provincial departments also attended the meeting.
According to spokesman for P&DD, the approved development schemes included: hiring of consultant firm for survey/estimation for reconstruction of dangerous buildings of schools in Punjab (PC-II) at a cost of Rs31.584 million, Punjab Non-Formal Education Project at the cost of Rs5.7 billion, pre-feasibility for new city & industrial development along Motorway (M-2) Corridor (PC-II) at a cost of Rs164.350 million, construction of Multan metro project, bus depot & command and control centre (package-9) at a cost of Rs2.152 billion, feasibility study for Dadhocha Dam (PC-II) at a cost of Rs55.139 million, construction of Express Way from Shujabad to Nag Shah, District Multan at a cost of Rs1.270 billion, widening/improvement/construction of road from 18-Hazari Fatehpur in District Jhang at a cost of Rs1.014 billion, construction of road from Seela Sayydan to Kotli Satian via Bheer Gala, Tehsil Kotli Sattian District Rawalpindi (revised) at a cost of Rs265.518 million, widening/improvement of existing road from Kahuta to Lehtrar Link Road via Sang, Tehsil Kahuta, District Rawalpindi (revised) at a cost of Rs259.364 million and viability/screening of roads under Khadim-e-Punjab Rural Road Programme (KPRRP) (Phase-II) (PC-II) at a cost of Rs22.968 million.
