By By our correspondent
The agenda, circulated among the ministries concerned, includes projects in agriculture, health, higher education, information technology, physical planning and housing and water sectors.
The meeting will discuss poverty reduction through livestock and dairy development for small holders, construction of a 300-bed maternal and child health institute in Shaheed Benazir Bhutto district, establishment of a women university in Multan, land record management and information systems in Punjab and water supply and sewerage scheme in Mirpur city and other hamlets on the periphery of Mangla dam.
The water sector’s projects include construction of dams in all four provinces at an estimated cost of Rs92.02 billion. Four dams will be built in Balochistan, two each in Sindh and Punjab and one each in NWFP and FATA.
Other water projects are Kabul river and Warsak canal system in FATA and NWFP costing Rs4.53 billion, construction of new Khanki barrage in Gujranwala costing Rs23.44 billion, rehabilitation and improvement of Sukkur barrage at a cost of Rs1.87 billion, Satpara dam at Satpara lake, south of Sakardu town, at a cost of Rs4.48 billion and Sabakzai dam across Sarwar Rud, southwest of Zhob, costing Rs1.96 billion.
The four dams to be built in Balochistan include Winder dam in district Lasbela at a cost of Rs1.69 billion, Naulong dam across Mula river, Jhal Magsi, costing Rs11.69 billion with foreign exchange component of Rs1.33 billion, Garuk storage dam at Gurak river in Kharan at a cost of Rs1.80 billion and Pelar dam at Nal river in Awaran costing Rs1.69 billion.
Two dams in Sindh include Darawat dam on Nai Baran in district Thatta costing Rs3.18 billion and Nai Gaj dam across Nai Gaj river in district Dadu costing Rs16.92 billion with foreign exchange component of Rs414 million.
Two dams to be constructed in Punjab are Papin dam across Wadala Kass, a tributary of Soan river, Rawalpindi district, at a cost of Rs1.13 billion and Ghabir dam across Ghabir Nullah, tributary of Soan river, Chakwal district, costing Rs2.11 billion.
One dam each will be constructed in FATA and NWFP which include Bara dam across Bara river in Khyber agency of FATA at a cost of Rs14.21 billion and Daraban dam on Khora river in DI Khan costing Rs2.75 billion.
Other projects include poverty reduction through livestock and dairy development for small holders at a cost of Rs3.53 billion, construction of a 300-bed maternal and child health institute in district Shaheed Benazir Bhutto at an estimated cost of Rs1.21 billion, establishment of a women university in Multan at a cost of Rs1.14 billion, land record management and information systems in Punjab, a World Bank-funded project, costing Rs6.33 billion and water supply and sewerage scheme in Mirpur city and other hamlets on the periphery of Mangla dam costing Rs5.12 billion.