CDWP approves 8 projects Weather Surveillance Radar to be installed at Sukkur

Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved 8 projects worth Rs. 35.32 billion. The moot deferred 10 projects including ML-I.
Of these, CDWP gave a nod on 7 projects costing Rs.24 billion. However, one project worth Rs. 11.35 billion was referred to the Executive Committee of the NEC.
Secretary Planning, senior officials from Planning Commission, and federal ministries/divisions participated in the meeting while representatives from provincial governments participated through video conference.
Projects related to energy, environment, governance, and ICT were on the agenda of the meeting. Three projects related to energy were presented in the meeting. They include Additional Sources of Supply to Jaranwala Road Grid station worth Rs 5787.32 million, 30.4 MW Jagran-1 Hydropower project, District Neelum, AJK” worth Rs 4306.875 million and Strengthening, Up-gradation and ISO certification of Karachi Laboratories Complex at HDIP Operations Officer, Karachi worth Rs 440.812 million which were finally approved in the meeting.
A project related to the environment titled “Installation of Weather Surveillance Radar at Sukkur in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan” worth Rs. 2522 million was approved in the meeting.
A project related to governance namely “Pakistan Single Window” was referred to ECNEC. The main objective of the project is to facilitate trade, simplification, and integration of the regulatory authority’s process/system for reducing barriers of cross border trade-related activities without compromising required control.
A project related to ICT was presented in the meeting titled “Blended Virtual Education Project for Knowledge Economy” worth Rs. 5990.26 million that was approved by CDWP.
One project presented by the Ministry of KA & GB namely “Rehabilitation of Affected Population Residing along LoC Phase-1” worth Rs 3614.980 million was approved by CDWP. Another project presented by the Ministry of Climate Change titled “Capacity Building on water Quality Monitoring SDG 6” worth Rs. 1275.913 million was also approved in the meeting