GWADAR: Member of the National Assembly from Lasbela-Gwadar Muhammad Aslam Bhootani, MPA Mir Hamal Kalmati and a representative of the Mission of International Fund for Agriculture Department were informed about the US-funded Gwadar-Lasbela Livelihood Support Project (GLLSP) at a briefing here.

Covering all 30 rural union councils in Gwadar and Lasbela districts, the project aims to increase income and enhance livelihood of 36,000 poor rural households in the project area.

The lawmakers were informed by officials concerned that the project would be completed at a cost of $35.272 million by March 31 next year.

The lawmakers were further informed that the total cost of the project was $35.272 million and International Fund for Agriculture Development had given a loan of $30 million for the scheme.

The Balochistan government’s contribution to the project is $4.72 million while the community contribution stood at $0.544 million.

The lawmakers were further informed that an additional grant of $3 million by the Saudi Development Fund (SFD) which was approved in March 2015 became effective last year to finance the additional infrastructure of the project.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2018