Chitral Times Report
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed the quarters concerned to ensure approval of PC1s of all the projects proposed for inclusion in the upcoming Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) from Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) within one week and submit them to federal government for onward process. He has further directed all the relevant provincial departments to nominate an officer of the rank of additional secretary as focal person to keep liaison with relevant federal forum in order to ensure timely approval of those PC1s from Central Development Working Party (CDWP).
He issued these directives while chairing a meeting held here the other day regarding development projects to be proposed for inclusion in PSDP 2021-22. While briefing the forum about development projects to be proposed to federal government for inclusion in next PSDP, it was told that a total of 36 projects worth over Rs. 443 billion would be proposed for inclusion in the upcoming PSDP out of which PC1s of some 8 projects had been cleared from PDWP and submitted to federal government, 13 PC1s were cleared by PDWP and would be submitted to federal government shortly whereas 13 PC1s would be cleared by PDWP within a week time. Talking on the occasion, the chief minister termed the next two years as crucial and said that the provincial government was committed to deliver to the public at maximum, adding that the provincial departments are required to perform extraordinarily. He also directed the concerned quarters to closely monitor progress on the ongoing PSDP projects to ensure cent percent utilization of funds by the end of current fiscal year.
The forum was informed that a total of four projects worth Rs 326 billion in communications sector, 15 projects worth Rs 21 billion in Irrigation sector, four projects worth Rs. 14 billion in agriculture sector, four projects worth Rs 10 billion in public health engineering sector, three projects worth Rs 53 billion in energy and power sector would be proposed for inclusion in the upcoming PSDP. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary and administrative secretaries of concerned departments.
