PDWP Approves 11 Projects Worth Rs 9545.471 Mln

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th August, 2016) : The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) in its meeting held here on Friday under the Chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan approved 11 projects of public interest worth Rs 9545.471 million. The meeting attended by its members and respective administrative Secretaries, considered 13 projects pertaining to different sectors including Elementary and Secondary Education, Higher Education, Sports, Culture and Tourism, C&W and Health Departments for the uplift of the province. The forum approved 11 projects with an estimated cost of Rs 9545.471 millions and approved Establishment of Independent Monitoring Unit (IMU) project of the Elementary and Secondary Education. In the Higher education Sector the approved projects included establishment of Govt: Girls Degree College at Galiyat Abbottabad, Re-construction of Building of GCMS (Boys) Abbottabad, establishment of Govt: Girls Degree College at Tangi Charsadda, establishment of Govt: Girls Degree College at Dargai Charsadda, Establishment of Government Degree Colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on need basis.

In the sports and Tourism Sector, approved projects were, revival of indigenous cultural heritage, provision of Sports equipments, promotion and holding of Sports Competitions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The only approved project in Road Sectors was Establishment of Project Directorate for Swat Motorway. In the Multi Sectoral Development Sector the approved projects included Governance Support Programme-Establishment of PCNA Support Unit in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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