Rs5.059 billion uplift scheme approved

The Punjab government Wednesday approved a development scheme of urban development sector at an estimated cost of Rs5.059 billion.

The scheme was approved in a special meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of current fiscal year 2018-19 presided over by P&D Chairman Habib-ur-Rehman Gilani.

Secretary P&D Iftikhar Ali Sahoo, all members of the Planning & Development Board, provincial secretaries concerned, Assistant Chief P&D Coordination-II Hafiz Muhammad Iqbal and other senior representatives of the relevant provincial departments also attended the meeting.

The approved development scheme was augmentation of water supply to Rawalpindi City based on Chahan Dam particularly new areas included in Wasa’s jurisdiction, Rawalpindi at the cost of Rs5.059 billion.

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