ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) which met under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Finance, Mr. Shaukat Tarin on Thursday gave approval to 28 projects in various sectors of the national economy. The meeting was attended by the Federal Ministers and Secretaries of the economic ministries and provincial representatives.
Under the Energy Sector, the ECNEC approved 3 projects for Extension/Augmentation of existing 500 and 220 KV G/stations of NTDC system by installation of additional transformers costing Rs.1,934.24 million with the FEC of Rs.1,373.66 million. It will cover various districts in Punjab, Sindh and NWFP.
Up-gradation of Transmission Lines & Grid System Network of HESCO costing Rs.5,859.97 million with FEC of Rs.1,699.5 million and .Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Plant (NFEP) Project in Mianwali at the cost of Rs.14,247.64 million including FEC of Rs.5,571.41 million were given go ahead, INP learnt from official sources.
Under the Physical Planning and Housing Sector, the ECNEC gave approval for 6 projects including reconstruction of district complexes at Rawalakot and Bagh
in Azad Kashmir with a cost of Rs. 1318.52 million and Rs. 1459.512 million respectively. The projects are part of an umbrella projectof ERRA for reconstruction and rehabilitation of earthquake affected areas of AJ&K.
Approval was accorded for the construction of New Supreme Court Building at Islamabad. (2nd Revised PC-1) at a cost of Rs.1055.334 million. Construction of additional family suites for members of the parliament including servant quarters blocks at Sector G-5/2, Islamabad costing Rs.2908.369 million was also approved.
Gravity Flow Water Supply Scheme in Abbottabad with a cost of Rs.4280.105milliion was approved. The entire cost of the local component of the project will be met by the Government of NWFP from its own resources.
The ECNEX approved extension of water resources for Faisalabad city at a cost of Rs.5133.96 million including FEC of Rs.3794.56 million. And Quetta Water Supply and Environmental Improvement Project costing Rs.17,092.60 million.
:In the transport and communication sector, the Committee approved a scheme for Private-Public Partnership Based Environment Friendly Public Transport System for major urban centers of Pakistan with the cost of Rs.5,000.0 million. The project is meant for Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Hyderabad, Gujranwala and Sukkur.
The ECNEC approved construction and remodeling of Southern By-Pass detouring Hayatabad, Peshawar. The project will cost Rs.3,030.0 million. The project envisages improvement and widening of existing 25 km long and 7.3 m wide dual carriageway to three lane dual carriageway including construction of 12 ft wide service roads (on both sides), along with the allied facilities.
Another scheme approved was construction of bridge over River Indus connecting Larkana and Khairpur Districts with the cost of Rs.9,225.338 million. The project covers construction of a 1,222 meters long, 4-lane concrete bridge over river Indus along with 55.63 km long, approach roads with 7.3 m wide standard 2-lane single carriageway along with allied facilities.
Construction of Bridge Across River Indus linking Kandhkot located on the National Highway N-55 with Ghotki located on the National Highway N-5 at a cost of Rs.5,742.422 million was approved. .
Improvement of Multan Inner Ring Road including six interchanges with improvement of at Grade Intersections enroute with the cost of Rs.6,191.26 million, Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway M-9 (134.5 k.m.) which will cost Rs.13,439.467 million, construction of 103 km long Khanewal-Lodhran (Bahawalpur) Access Controlled Expressway (E-5A) costing Rs.24,584.24 million with FEC Rs.8,371.15 million, bridge over River Indus linking N-5 with N-55 near Nishtar Ghat with the cost of Rs.5,459.329 million, Widening and improvement of Bosan Road, Multan (from Chungi 9 to Bahauddin Zakariya University) including construction of 2-lane flyovers for right turns at Chungi No.6 and Golbagh Chowk & two lanes flyover from Chungi No. 6 to Northern Bypass chowk with the cost of Rs.4,570.022 million, Amri – Qazi Ahmed Bridge over River Indus (between Hyderabad Bypass and Dadu Mordo Bridge) connecting N-5 with N-55 costing Rs.3,683.0 million were also approved.
Construction of Bridge across River Chenab linking Shorkot and Garh Mahraja which will cost Rs.1,602.878 million, National Highway Development Sector Project Improvement and Rehabilitation of nine (9) sections of the National Highways with the cost of Rs.49,954.78 million (FEC: Rs.38,268.74 million), construction of New Gwadar International Airport and allied facilities costing Rs.7,675.00, including Omani grant of US $ 17.50 million, procurement/manufacture of 300 New Design High Speed Bogie Wagons (Revised) at the revised cost of Rs.3,238.00 million with FEC of Rs.1,768.970 million, complete Track Renewal by Replacing Metal Sleepers in connection with Signaling project on Lodhran-Shahdra Section costing Rs.2,216.0 million (with FEC: Rs.1,274.886 million) and Peshawar Northern Bypass with the cost of Rs.9,002.75 million. were the other major projects approved in the communication sector.
The ECNEC accorded approval a project called sustainable livelihood for Barani Areas Project (Punjab) costing Rs.4002.90 million with FEC of Rs.100.00 million. The project will cover ten districts of Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal, Gujrat, Sialkot, Narowal, Khushab, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Layyah.
For rehabilitation of assets damaged during the riots of 27th & 28th December, 2007 the ECNEC approved Rs.7,855.953 million with FEC of Rs.4710.0 million. The project is located at Karachi and Sukkur Divisions of the Pakistan Railways.
The ECNEC also formed a committee under the chair of Minister for Agriculture to finalize recommendations within one month on enhanced grain storage capacity in the country.
The ECNEC also gave approval of procedure for approval of development projects of FATA and allowed ACS (Dev.) FATA to approve development schemes only to be financed from US funds up to Rs.1000 million for the next two years.
Under the Energy Sector, the ECNEC approved 3 projects for Extension/Augmentation of existing 500 and 220 KV G/stations of NTDC system by installation of additional transformers costing Rs.1,934.24 million with the FEC of Rs.1,373.66 million. It will cover various districts in Punjab, Sindh and NWFP.
Up-gradation of Transmission Lines & Grid System Network of HESCO costing Rs.5,859.97 million with FEC of Rs.1,699.5 million and .Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Plant (NFEP) Project in Mianwali at the cost of Rs.14,247.64 million including FEC of Rs.5,571.41 million were given go ahead, INP learnt from official sources.
Under the Physical Planning and Housing Sector, the ECNEC gave approval for 6 projects including reconstruction of district complexes at Rawalakot and Bagh
in Azad Kashmir with a cost of Rs. 1318.52 million and Rs. 1459.512 million respectively. The projects are part of an umbrella projectof ERRA for reconstruction and rehabilitation of earthquake affected areas of AJ&K.
Approval was accorded for the construction of New Supreme Court Building at Islamabad. (2nd Revised PC-1) at a cost of Rs.1055.334 million. Construction of additional family suites for members of the parliament including servant quarters blocks at Sector G-5/2, Islamabad costing Rs.2908.369 million was also approved.
Gravity Flow Water Supply Scheme in Abbottabad with a cost of Rs.4280.105milliion was approved. The entire cost of the local component of the project will be met by the Government of NWFP from its own resources.
The ECNEX approved extension of water resources for Faisalabad city at a cost of Rs.5133.96 million including FEC of Rs.3794.56 million. And Quetta Water Supply and Environmental Improvement Project costing Rs.17,092.60 million.
:In the transport and communication sector, the Committee approved a scheme for Private-Public Partnership Based Environment Friendly Public Transport System for major urban centers of Pakistan with the cost of Rs.5,000.0 million. The project is meant for Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Hyderabad, Gujranwala and Sukkur.
The ECNEC approved construction and remodeling of Southern By-Pass detouring Hayatabad, Peshawar. The project will cost Rs.3,030.0 million. The project envisages improvement and widening of existing 25 km long and 7.3 m wide dual carriageway to three lane dual carriageway including construction of 12 ft wide service roads (on both sides), along with the allied facilities.
Another scheme approved was construction of bridge over River Indus connecting Larkana and Khairpur Districts with the cost of Rs.9,225.338 million. The project covers construction of a 1,222 meters long, 4-lane concrete bridge over river Indus along with 55.63 km long, approach roads with 7.3 m wide standard 2-lane single carriageway along with allied facilities.
Construction of Bridge Across River Indus linking Kandhkot located on the National Highway N-55 with Ghotki located on the National Highway N-5 at a cost of Rs.5,742.422 million was approved. .
Improvement of Multan Inner Ring Road including six interchanges with improvement of at Grade Intersections enroute with the cost of Rs.6,191.26 million, Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway M-9 (134.5 k.m.) which will cost Rs.13,439.467 million, construction of 103 km long Khanewal-Lodhran (Bahawalpur) Access Controlled Expressway (E-5A) costing Rs.24,584.24 million with FEC Rs.8,371.15 million, bridge over River Indus linking N-5 with N-55 near Nishtar Ghat with the cost of Rs.5,459.329 million, Widening and improvement of Bosan Road, Multan (from Chungi 9 to Bahauddin Zakariya University) including construction of 2-lane flyovers for right turns at Chungi No.6 and Golbagh Chowk & two lanes flyover from Chungi No. 6 to Northern Bypass chowk with the cost of Rs.4,570.022 million, Amri – Qazi Ahmed Bridge over River Indus (between Hyderabad Bypass and Dadu Mordo Bridge) connecting N-5 with N-55 costing Rs.3,683.0 million were also approved.
Construction of Bridge across River Chenab linking Shorkot and Garh Mahraja which will cost Rs.1,602.878 million, National Highway Development Sector Project Improvement and Rehabilitation of nine (9) sections of the National Highways with the cost of Rs.49,954.78 million (FEC: Rs.38,268.74 million), construction of New Gwadar International Airport and allied facilities costing Rs.7,675.00, including Omani grant of US $ 17.50 million, procurement/manufacture of 300 New Design High Speed Bogie Wagons (Revised) at the revised cost of Rs.3,238.00 million with FEC of Rs.1,768.970 million, complete Track Renewal by Replacing Metal Sleepers in connection with Signaling project on Lodhran-Shahdra Section costing Rs.2,216.0 million (with FEC: Rs.1,274.886 million) and Peshawar Northern Bypass with the cost of Rs.9,002.75 million. were the other major projects approved in the communication sector.
The ECNEC accorded approval a project called sustainable livelihood for Barani Areas Project (Punjab) costing Rs.4002.90 million with FEC of Rs.100.00 million. The project will cover ten districts of Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal, Gujrat, Sialkot, Narowal, Khushab, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Layyah.
For rehabilitation of assets damaged during the riots of 27th & 28th December, 2007 the ECNEC approved Rs.7,855.953 million with FEC of Rs.4710.0 million. The project is located at Karachi and Sukkur Divisions of the Pakistan Railways.
The ECNEC also formed a committee under the chair of Minister for Agriculture to finalize recommendations within one month on enhanced grain storage capacity in the country.
The ECNEC also gave approval of procedure for approval of development projects of FATA and allowed ACS (Dev.) FATA to approve development schemes only to be financed from US funds up to Rs.1000 million for the next two years.
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