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ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has promised to provide Rs 1.5 billion for the early completion of Luwari Road Tunnel, whereas the government has allocated Rs 6.5 billion this year for construction projects of National Highway Authority (NHA) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil said this at a meeting chaired by him in the Ministry of Communications. The meeting was also attended by the National Assembly Member from Chitral Shahzada Mohayy-ud-din, Federal Secretary Communications Anwar Ahmad Khan, Additional Secretary Amjad Nazeer, NHA Chairman Syed Muhammad Ali Gardezi, Construction Member Aurangzeb Khan, Luwari Tunnel Colonel GM (r) Salman Arshad, representatives of SAMBO and other high officials.
Earlier, the federal minister was briefed on the progress of NHA projects. He was told that the National Highway Council recently reviewed the development portfolio of NHA for Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2011-12 and approved province-wise distribution of funds. In the current budget 2011-12, Rs 8782.36 million have been allocated by NHA for Balochistan which is 24.18 percent of the total PSDP allocation of NHA amounting to Rs 39,900.26 million.
Likewise, 38.50 percent funds are allocated for Punjab, 16.68 percent Sindh, 16.17 percent for KP and 4.46 percent for Gilgit Baltistan.
While emphasising the significance of homogenous development across the country, the minister said that equitable distribution of PSDP resources among all the provinces will go a long way in inter-provincial harmony. Commenting upon the slow pace of work on Luwari Tunnel, the federal minister said that we are determined to timely complete Luwari Tunnel. He clarified that the delay in its construction has been only due to last year’s flood, law and order situation and shortage of funds. He told that devastating floods of monsoon 2010, forced the government to divert some of the funds for rehabilitation of flood affectees and reconstruction of flood-affected areas. To accommodate flood related expenditure, the government imposed 50 percent cut on PSDP 2010-11 including the share of NHA. NHA received only Rs 18 billion out of its PSDP allocation. Consequently, NHA projects across Pakistan were impacted by the cut in PSDP due to which cash flow of the contractors got disturbed and progress on ground suffered. However, he added, we are committed to early completion of all projects. He said that NHA as per policy decision is according maximum attention to projects, which have achieved 60 percent or more progress. Once these ongoing projects are substantially completed, NHA would embark upon other planned projects for which feasibility studies, design, etc, are already in hand. staff report
Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil said this at a meeting chaired by him in the Ministry of Communications. The meeting was also attended by the National Assembly Member from Chitral Shahzada Mohayy-ud-din, Federal Secretary Communications Anwar Ahmad Khan, Additional Secretary Amjad Nazeer, NHA Chairman Syed Muhammad Ali Gardezi, Construction Member Aurangzeb Khan, Luwari Tunnel Colonel GM (r) Salman Arshad, representatives of SAMBO and other high officials.
Earlier, the federal minister was briefed on the progress of NHA projects. He was told that the National Highway Council recently reviewed the development portfolio of NHA for Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2011-12 and approved province-wise distribution of funds. In the current budget 2011-12, Rs 8782.36 million have been allocated by NHA for Balochistan which is 24.18 percent of the total PSDP allocation of NHA amounting to Rs 39,900.26 million.
Likewise, 38.50 percent funds are allocated for Punjab, 16.68 percent Sindh, 16.17 percent for KP and 4.46 percent for Gilgit Baltistan.
While emphasising the significance of homogenous development across the country, the minister said that equitable distribution of PSDP resources among all the provinces will go a long way in inter-provincial harmony. Commenting upon the slow pace of work on Luwari Tunnel, the federal minister said that we are determined to timely complete Luwari Tunnel. He clarified that the delay in its construction has been only due to last year’s flood, law and order situation and shortage of funds. He told that devastating floods of monsoon 2010, forced the government to divert some of the funds for rehabilitation of flood affectees and reconstruction of flood-affected areas. To accommodate flood related expenditure, the government imposed 50 percent cut on PSDP 2010-11 including the share of NHA. NHA received only Rs 18 billion out of its PSDP allocation. Consequently, NHA projects across Pakistan were impacted by the cut in PSDP due to which cash flow of the contractors got disturbed and progress on ground suffered. However, he added, we are committed to early completion of all projects. He said that NHA as per policy decision is according maximum attention to projects, which have achieved 60 percent or more progress. Once these ongoing projects are substantially completed, NHA would embark upon other planned projects for which feasibility studies, design, etc, are already in hand. staff report
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