A total of Rs 41.98 billion projects were cleared at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Development Working Party meeting.
In a special meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party, four projects for the federal PSDP program costing Rs 24.26 billion have been cleared. Apart from this, another project of Rs. 5 billion was also approved in the gas and power sector. This approval was given under the chairmanship of Mr. Shahab Ali Shah, Additional Chief Secretary, P&D Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Approved projects include projects such as the Thirty Breast Cancer Screening Clinics and four Breast Cancer Screening Centers for early detection of breast cancer through the establishment of a Central Regional Hub.
The meeting was attended by members of PDWP and relevant departments. The Forum approved six projects related to C&W, Rural Development, Health, Agriculture and Planning and Development Department for the betterment of the province.
Projects include diversion of road from Indus Highway to Bannu city, feasibility study, detailed engineering design and construction of road connecting Indus Highway (N-55) at Mangla Banda with Hakla York Motorway (M-14) at Klor. Includes (approximately 40 km) local promotion of vegetable and pulses seeds through public-private cooperation, gas development and expansion of high and low transmission lines, supply of transformers, maintenance of lines and high and low transmission of 11kv feeders and National Health Support Project Concept Note Clearance.