The Committee of the Cabinet for Development Projects (CDWP) recommended three projects totalling Rs172.25 billion to the Economic Coordination Unit, on Monday, 26 October. Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal chaired the meeting.
One proposal involves the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Resilient Irrigated Agriculture Livelihoods Development Project, which costs Rs69.893 billion. This initiative seeks to extend the Pehur High Level Canal, rehabilitate the Pehur Main Canal, and construct the Mulkhow Irrigation Distribution System.
The committee also recommended an Rs85.342 billion Integrated Hill Torrent Management project for the Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan districts of Punjab. Infrastructure improvements include a Rs17.012 billion plan to widen and improve a 39-kilometre section of National Highway N-45 between Chakdara and Timergara.
Transport and energy upgrades were approved, such as an eight-lane overhead bridge at the Imamia Colony Railway Crossing in Shahdara, Lahore, and a pilot Battery Energy Storage System at the 220 kV Jhimpir-I Grid Station. The CDWP gave in-principle approval for a Rs13.323 billion Prime Minister’s Solar Scheme for Newly Merged Districts.
Education and media projects were also greenlit, including the establishment of Daanish Schools in the federal capital and various other regions, alongside a revamping of the Pakistan Television Corporation.
