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Meeting on Facilitating Special Persons

A meeting regarding the facilitation for special persons held in Planning and Development department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir Khan.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to provide all the necessary facilities for special children initially in 20 primary, 20 secondary and higher secondary schools in Peshawar. Work on the project is underway in the P&D department. Under the project, the services of ramps, washrooms and expert teachers for children will be procured in schools. A steering committee will be set up in the P&D department under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to ensure implementation of the decisions taken by the government for the physically and mentally handicapped.

The establishment of the Social Protection and Gender Mainstreaming Section in the P&D Department is a link in the same direction which is supervising these activities. It was also decided at the meeting that the P&D department would ensure the facilities provided for special persons in any project before its approval, after which the project would be approved.

BRT bus service in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is already providing necessary facilities to persons with disabilities. The government will also provide special facilities to special persons at general bus stands and bases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In addition, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is working to provide facilities to special people in existing government buildings. Ramps for the disabled have already been installed in the departmental office buildings at the Civil Secretariat Peshawar.

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Imran April 6, 2021 0
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Construction and Rehabilitation of Schools

A Project Steering Committee meeting was held in the Planning and Development Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir Khan. The meeting was informed that developmental work on 54 higher and secondary schools in Bannu, Buner, DI Khan, Karak, Lakki Marwat, Swabi, Swat, and Tank has been completed under the School Construction and Rehabilitation Program while development work in Bannu, Buner, DI Khan, Karak, Lakki Marwat, Swabi, Swat, and Tank is underway on 215 schools which are expected to be completed in June. Under the plan, rebuilding and rehabilitation of schools are in progress in 14 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Special PDWP Held on 7th April 2021

A special meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Shakeel Qadir Khan the Additional Chief Secretary P&D Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 7th April, 2021 through video link. The meeting was attended by members of PDWP and concerned department. The forum considered 05 schemes pertaining to Water sector for the uplift of the province. The forum approved/cleared all the schemes with an estimated cost of Rs. 4,225.574 million for inclusion in the PSDP 2021-22.
The details of schemes approved are as under:
S.# Sector Name of Scheme
1 Water Construction of Shahu Khel, Ouch Bazar Gravity Flow Irrigation Scheme in District Hangu
2 Water Construction of Manchura Dam Project District Mansehra
3 Water Construction/Improvement of Canal Patrol Roads, Flood Protection Works and Civil Channels in District Malakand
4 Water Construction/Improvement of New Michni / ICHRI Canal systems along with allies infrastructure Irrigation Patrol Roads and Installation of Solar Based Irrigation Tube Wells at Required Locations in Tehsil Shabqadar District Charsadda
5 Water Construction/Improvement of Canal Infrastructure along with Canal Patrol roads of Lower Swat Canal, Abazai Canal and Drainage Systems and Installation of Solar Based Irrigation Tube Wells at Required Locations in Tehsil Tangi District Charsadda
 

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KP Government Swift Progress on Development Schemes

“KP Government swift progress on development schemes, approves 96% projects in first 9 months, utilizes 61% of ADP releases”
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government while approving 96% of the development projects, has also swiftly utilized 61% of the released funds for developmental projects during the first nine months of the financial year 2020-21 under its Annual Development Program (ADP) despite of the challenging situations due to Covid-19. A significant amount of 88.38 Billion rupees have been spent against the released amount of 145.08 Billion and 344 development projects out of 460 unapproved schemes got a nod. This is much improved performance by the same existing capacity of the govt machinery when compared with expenditure of Rs 69 billion against Rs. 126 billion released in the same period last year.
The Provincial Development Working Party convened 19 meetings along with some special PDWPs to approve and recommend schemes to the Central development Working Party and ECNEC.
Rs. 14.32 billion had been allocated for Agriculture, Rs. 700 million for Minorities Affairs, Rs. 1.67 billion for Board of Revenue, District ADP Rs. 54.86 billion, Drinking water & Sanitation Rs. 6.89 billion, Elementary Education Rs. 30.20 billion, Energy & Power Rs. 11.44 billion, Environment Rs. 40 million, Establishment Rs. 300 million, Excise & Taxation 220 million, Food 2.71 billion, Finance Rs. 3.45 billion, Forestry Rs. 3.23 billion, Health Rs. 24.38 billion, Higher Education Rs. 8.97 billion, Home Rs. 4.56 billion, Housing Rs. 200 million, Industries Rs. 4.55 billion, Labor & Works Rs. 240 million, Mineral Development Rs. 420 million, Multi Sectoral Development Rs. 29.82 billion, Population Welfare Rs. 830 million and Rs. 1.23 billion for Social Welfare.
The allocation for current financial year for KP & Merged Areas is Rs. 172.40 billion excluding the Rs. 54.86 billion District ADP and around Rs.88 billion Foreign Assistance projects which are budgeted only and thus making the total allocation around Rs. 317 billion.
As far as the spending is concerned, Rs. 740 million was spent on Relief & Rehabilitation, Roads Rs. 18.59 billion, Social Welfare Rs. 200 million, Sports & Tourism 3.37 billion, Science & Technology Rs. 140 million, Transport Rs. 430 million, Urban Development Rs. 2.09 billion, Elementary & Secondary Education Rs. 6.82 billion, Health Rs. 8.55 billion, Higher Education Rs. 3.61 billion, Industries department Rs. 2.96 billion, Local Government Rs. 3.49, Multi Sectoral Development Rs. 6.89 billion, Agriculture 4.56 billion, Energy & Power Rs. 1.92 billion, Drinking Water & Sanitation Rs. 3.66 billion, Environment Rs. 10 million and Rs. 8.95 billion on Water sector was spent.
It is worth mentioning here that funds are allocated at the beginning of the financial year and approval of development projects, releases of funds (both local and foreign assistance) and expenditure is an ongoing process throughout the year.
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Imran April 10, 2021 0
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KP Government Launched Mobile Milk Quality Testing Lab for Merged Districts

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a mobile testing lab project to ensure the supply of quality milk in the merged districts. Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shakeel Qadir Khan inaugurated the project of mobile laboratories to test milk in merged districts on the occasion of his visit to Directorate of Livestock Peshawar.21 Mobile Milk Testing Laboratories will work to improve milk quality in merged districts.

 Secretary Agriculture and Livestock Dr. Muhammad Israr, DG Livestock Extension Dr. Alamzeb Khan, Director Headquarters Integrated Districts Dr. Sajjad Wazir and other government officials were present on the occasion. It was informed that the project would enable the supply of quality milk to the people in the merged districts.

Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was also briefed on the performance of the directorate and ongoing projects. The government is making efforts to curb substandard milk so that quality milk can be provided to the people.

Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shakeel Qadir Khan emphasized for the creation of PC-5 to assess the impact of the completed projects on the people. He also met the officers conducting the livestock survey and discussed with them the statistics related to livestock so that future planning can be improved.

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Meeting on Accelerated Implementation Programme Baseline Survey

Accurate and reliable data plays a pivotal role in policy making and planning process. Availability of reliable information helps improve the governance and optimal utilization of resources. A virtual meeting regarding findings of the Accelerated Implementation Programme Baseline Survey was held today. Findings of the survey were presented to the Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the UNDP – MAGP team.
The ACS appreciated the exercise and suggested to revisit and define some key sectors and aspects in detail.
The meeting was attended by Govt officials and various stakeholders.

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20th PDWP Held on 14th April 2021

The 20th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Shakeel Qadir Khan, the Additional Chief Secretary P&D Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 14th April, 2021 through video link. The meeting was attended by members of PDWP and concerned departments. The forum considered 40 schemes pertaining to Multi Sectoral Development, Urban Development, Local Government, Home, Water, Higher Education, ST&IT, Roads, Forestry, Agriculture, Energy & Power, Health, DWSS and Sports & Tourism sectors for the uplift of the province. The forum approved 32 schemes with an estimated cost of Rs. 167459.556 million. 18 schemes were cleared for inclusion in the PSDP 2021-22. 08 schemes were deferred due to deficiencies in project documents/PC-I and were returned to the respective department for rectification.
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1 Multi Sectoral Development Beautification of Various Bazars.
2 Multi Sectoral Development Provision for Contractors Decretal accrued Liabilities, Land Compensation and Uncashed Cheques Sub-Scheme: Mehboob-Ur-Rehhman Tanoli Advocate vs Collector land acquisition and others, Abbottabad etc. Acquisition of land for construction of Havelian Sara-E-Nehmat Khan Road (Rs.1.2728 Million)
3 Multi Sectoral Development Provision for Contractors Decretal accrued Liabilities, Land Compensation and Uncashed Cheques Sub-Scheme: Mehboob-Ur-Rehhman Tanoli Advocate vs Collector land acquisition and others, Abbottabad etc. Acquisition of land for construction of Havelian Sara-E-Nehmat Khan Road (Rs.0.5000 Million)
4 Local Government F/S for Establishment of Park at Peshawar
5 Home Strengthening of counter Terrorism Department in Newly Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
6 Water Construction of Barwasa Dam Project District Haripur
7 Water Construction of Flood Protection Works in Tehsil Baffa Pakhal District Mansehra (PSDP-2021-22)
8 Water Construction and Flood Protection Works in Tehsil Balakot and Mansehra (PSDP- 2021-22)
9 Water Construction of Flood Protection Works on Kalpani Nullah at Various Vulnerable Locations From Sikandary Village to Sowkai Village District Mardan PSDP (2021-22)
10 Higher Education Establishment of Research incubation and Pharmaceutical/ Nutraceutical/ Cosmeceutical Research Centre for the Commercialization of Academic Research Through Local Farming and Industry at University of Swabi (PSDP 2021-22)
11 Higher Education Women Empowerment and Enhancing Research Culture (PSDP 2021-22)
12 ST&IT Establishment of Pakistan Digital City at Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
13 Roads F/S, Detailed Engg and Construction of Matta Bypass Road (5 Km), Swat
14 Roads Construction, Rehabilitation of internal roads of District Mansehra.
15 Roads Construction/Blacktopping/widening and improvement of Mastuj Broghal Pass Road District Upper Chitral
16 Roads Construction of Swabi Bypass Road
17 Roads Construction of Dir Motorway length (29.377 KM)
18 Agriculture Enhancement of Agriculture land productivity through improved soil and water conservation practices in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
19 Agriculture Strengthening and Development of Seed Potato Cycle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
20 Agriculture Establishment of Technical Support Fund for Agribusiness (Horticulture) Development and Diversification through Matching Grant Support to Farmer, Agribusiness Enterprises and other Private Sector Actors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
21 Agriculture Community Dairy & Meat Development Program in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
22 Agriculture Promotion of Agricultural & Horticultural activities in Merged Areas
23 Energy & Power Feasibility, Detail Design and Construction of 500KV Transmission Line from Chitral to Chakdara along with 500/220/132 KV Grid Station at Chitral & Chakdara, for Power Evacuation from Chitral Region
24 Energy & Power Feasibility, Detail Design and Construction of 220KV Transmission Line in the Swat Corridor with 220 KV Grid Station at Kalam (Swat) and Mingora/Chakdara for Power Evacuation from Swat region
25 Energy & Power Construction of Kalkot Barikot Patrak Hydropower 47 MW District Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
26 Health Revamping of Non-Teaching DHQs across KP. Sub-Scheme : Revamping of Non-Teaching DHQs (Revenue Component) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
27 Health Upgradation of THQ Hospital Bisham from Cat-D to Cat-C Hospital, District Shangla (PC-II approved by PDWP on 08/10/2019)
28 Health Upgradation of 5 BHUs to RHCs on Need Basis, Sub-Scheme: Upgradation of BHU to RHC Zaroobi District Swabi
29 DWSS Solarization of 300 feasible PHED Drinking Water Supply Schemes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under PSDP
30 DWSS Solarization of existing Drinking Water supply schemes in District Mohmand
31 Sports & Tourism Development of roads to Tourist areas in Malakand Division
32 Sports & Tourism Construction of Access roads to Tourist areas destination in Hazara Division

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Review Meeting on BRT Peshawar

A Review meeting was held on BRT in Planning & Development department. The meeting was chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shakeel Qadir Khan. According to the briefing Bus Rapid Transit reaches daily highest ridership record of 182,000. In April 2021, BRT crossed this ridership milestone. The previous highest daily ridership in February was 174,000. The opening of feeder routes is increasing BRT’s ridership. According to the briefing out of 30 more new buses, 26 have reached Peshawar in which installation work is in progress. So far 35% of old buses have been scrapped.

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Imran April 15, 2021 0
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Review Meeting on Peshawar Northern Bypass

A review meeting on the Peshawar Northern Bypass project chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shakeel Qadir Khan was held in the Planning and Development Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The meeting was informed that Package 1 of the project is complete and traffic is flowing on it. The meeting directed to expedite work on the remaining parts of the project and also to settle land-related issues expeditiously. The Peshawar Northern Bypass project is very important in solving traffic problems in the city. Completion of the project will make it easier to reach Regi Lalma, Hayatabad, and Khyber Pass Highway in the future.

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Meeting on The 3rd Quarter of Annual Development Programme

An important meeting regarding the Provincial Annual Development Program was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan at the Civil Secretariat Peshawar on Tuesday. The meeting reviewed in detail the progress on the 3rd quarter of the Provincial Annual Development Program, the status of utilization of funds allocated and released for projects, monitoring and evaluation reports of development projects, projects nearing completion as well as proposed projects to be included in the new development program.

Apart from Chief Secretary Dr. Kazim Niaz and Additional Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir, administrative secretaries of concerned departments also attended the meeting. Briefing about the release and utilization of development funds for the third quarter of the annual development program, it was informed that Rs. 124 billion had been released for the third quarter of the provincial annual development program and 62% of the released funds have been spent so far. The meeting was informed that 51% of the funds released for the second quarter of the annual development program had been spent. Similarly, the utilization rate of funds has improved by 11% in the third quarter, which is satisfactory.

The meeting also reviewed the funds allocated for the development projects included in the annual development program during the last five years, the funds released, and the situation of their utilization. It was informed that during the last five years, the rate of disbursement and utilization of development funds has been the highest in the financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21. In the third quarter of the current annual development program, the meeting was informed that during the third quarter, 11 projects have been approved by the Central Development Working Party, 252 by the Provincial Development Working Party, and 112 by the Departmental Development Working Party.

The meeting was informed about the projects nearing completion that out of a total of 800 development projects, 621 projects are in the process of completion which will be completed by the end of this financial year. Regarding the monitoring and evaluation reports on development projects during the current financial year, it was informed that so far 2246 monitoring reports have been prepared and sent to the concerned departments out of which 1586 reports have also received feedback from the departments.

The meeting was briefed on the progress of the third quarter of the annual development program in terms of individual performance in various sectors. It was informed that the Department of Industry came first with 100% utilization of released funds, followed by the Department of Energy with 82%. The Department of Transport came in third with 79 percent.

The meeting was also apprised of the details of funds released for development projects of various departments for the third quarter and it was informed that Rs 10.43 billion for primary and secondary education projects, Rs 6.8 billion for higher education department projects, Rs 15 billion was released for health sector projects, Rs 20 billion for road projects, Rs 11 billion for irrigation projects, Rs 5.7 billion for tourism and sports and a total of Rs 124 billion for development projects. The meeting was also briefed on the new projects proposed by the departments for inclusion in the next annual development program.

In his address to the meeting, the Chief Minister termed the utilization rate of development funds released during the third quarter as satisfactory and stressed the need to further improve it so that 100 percent utilization of development funds released by the end of the financial year might be assured. Calling the timely completion of development projects a top priority of his government, he directed the heads of all departments to ensure progress on development projects as per the timelines so as to ensure their timely completion and the people without any delay take benefits of these projects. He directed the Administrative Secretaries to hold regular meetings to review the progress on development projects under their respective departments and take necessary steps to remove the obstacles in the way of progress on these development projects in a timely manner. The Chief Minister directed the officials of the Health and Industry Department to prepare and approve the plan for setting up at least two oxygen plants in the province as soon as possible for uninterrupted supply of oxygen to Corona patients in the hospitals in view of the present situation of Corona.

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