Five major undertakings, valued collectively at approximately 55 billion Pakistani rupees, receive approval from the Central Development Working Party (CDWP).
Unleashing Development: CDWP Greenlights Eight Projects Valued at Rs25.191 Billion
In the bustling city of Islamabad, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has given a thumbs-up to eight groundbreaking projects, totaling a whopping Rs25.191 billion. These initiatives focus on pivotal sectors, including environment, food and agriculture, health, and physical planning and housing.
The meeting, chaired by the honorable Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, took place at the P-Block Secretariat. Eminent attendees included Awais Manzur Sumra, Secretary Planning, Chief Economist, VC PIDE, members of the Planning Commission, federal secretaries, heads of Provincial Planning and Development (P&D) boards/departments, and senior representatives from relevant federal ministries and provincial governments.
The first project, falling under the environment sector, is the "Installation of Weather Surveillance Radar at Sukkur." The cost of this project comes in at Rs5.73 billion.
Moving on to the PP&H sector, the CDWP approved the special development initiative "Backward/Poor Districts in the Country (50:50)." At an estimated cost of Rs1,999.988 million, this project will be implemented in Kashmore District, Sindh. The Development Commissioner will form a committee to oversee and confirm this project's scope, design, and construction.
Next up is a significant project in the health sector: the "Expansion of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology and National Institute of Heart Diseases (AFIC-NIHD), Rawalpindi." This project is estimated to cost Rs25.458 billion and is set to enhance the hospital's capacity and quality of care to meet the growing cardiac healthcare demands over the next two decades. The minister accorded in-principle approval and formed a committee to rationalize cost and scope.
In the food and agriculture sector, the "Balochistan Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship Project," funded by the World Bank and International Development Association (IDA), aims to promote employment opportunities for rural communities and ensure the sustainability of enterprises in eight districts of Balochistan, including Chagai, Qilla Abdullah, Killa Saifullah, Mastung, Nushki, Pishin, Sherani, and Zhob.
Last but not least, the "Construction of New Balochistan Assembly at Quetta" was in-principal approved, with a project cost of Rs9.52 billion. The proposed facility will replace the existing structure, no longer fit for the growing numbers of assembly members. The new building, spanning a covered area of 250,000 square feet across a double basement, ground, first, and second floors, will include a Main Assembly Hall with increased seating capacity, chambers for key leadership positions, ministerial offices, administrative areas, a conference hall, and comprehensive parking. To maximize the quality of this project, a committee will be formed to rationalize its cost and scope before submission to the ECNEC for final approval. The new Balochistan Assembly building is a meaningful gift to the people of Balochistan, funded by the federal government, with the blessing of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The CDWP's committee will need to rationalize the cost of the "Expansion of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology and National Institute of Heart Diseases (AFIC-NIHD), Rawalpindi," which falls under the health sector and has an estimated value of Rs25.458 billion.
Under the food and agriculture sector, a project in Balochistan, funded by the World Bank and IDA, focuses on promoting employment and enterprise sustainability in eight districts, with a total index of Rs25.191 billion by creating the "Balochistan Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship Project."
In the business realm, the CDWP has formed a committee to confirm the scope, design, and construction for the Implementation of the special development initiative "Backward/Poor Districts in the Country (50:50)", which is situated in Kashmore District, Sindh, and has an estimated position of Rs1,999.988 million within the overall project's value.
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