LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) Punjab approved four development schemes worth Rs174.172 billion of various sectors. The approved schemes include the over Rs162 billion Metro Rail Transit System on the Orange Line here, according to a spokesman.

The schemes were approved in a meeting of the PDWP, presided over by Planning and Development Board Chairman Muhammad Irfan Elahi. Provincial Secretary (Planning and Development) Waseem Ajmal Chaudhry, members of the board and others concerned also attended the meeting.

The schemes also include Disaster and Climate Resilience Improvement Project worth Rs10.24bn, Rs332 million for optimising Canal and Groundwater Management to Assist Water User Associations in Maximising Crop Production and Managing Salinisation with Australian Assistance (revised) and a Rs971.6m project related to purchase of mobile health units.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2015

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