Rs 10,376 Mln Released For Various Water Projects
ISLAMABAD, (Muzaffargarh.City – 23rd Nov, 2017 ) :The Planning Commission has released Rs 10,376 million against total allocation of Rs 36,750 million in annual Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2017-18 for various water projects.
According to the data of Planning Commission, a sum of Rs 5000 million has been released so far for Kachhi Canal Project (Phase-1) Dera Bugti, Rs 2600 million for Extension of Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD-II) from Sehwan to Sea, Rs.240 million for Balochistan Effluent Disposal into RBOD-I Jaffarabad, Rs 180 million for Lower Indus Right Bank Irrigation and Drainage Project (RBOD-I) Qamber-Shahad Kot and Rs.
140 million for channelization of Deg Nullah Punjab.
Similarly, an amount of Rs.1700 million has been released for remedial measures to control water logging due to Muzaffargarh and TP Link Canal, Rs 80 million each for rehabilitation of irrigation system in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and revamping/rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage system of Sindh, Rs.40 million for construction of 100 delay action dams in Balochistan, Rs.160 million for construction of small dams, delay action dams in Sindh and Rs 26 million for remodeling of Warsak Canal System in Peshawar and Nowshera.