CDWP approves 10 projects worth Rs40.9 billion, refers Rs172.25 billion schemes to ECNEC

The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved 10 development projects with a combined cost of Rs40.915 billion and sent three proposals worth Rs172.25 billion to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), Profit by Pakistan Today reported. The proposals cover areas including education, power, transport, communications and water resources.

The ECNEC referrals include irrigation and flood-management works in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as a Rs17.012 billion upgrade to the Chakdara-Timergara stretch of National Highway N-45. Separately, CDWP cleared projects for Daanish Schools, Pakistan Television Corporation, a pilot battery storage system at Jhimpir-I Grid Station and an overhead bridge in Lahore. It also approved in principle a Rs13.323 billion solar scheme for newly merged districts and referred it to ECNEC.

The approvals and referrals are part of the government’s URAAN Pakistan agenda, which the report says focuses on infrastructure and economic growth. The listed initiatives span irrigation, roads, power storage, education and media.