ISLAMABAD, Jul 2 (APP): The government authorized an amount of Rs 66.037 billion for various water resources schemes during last fiscal year under the annual Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for financial year 2023–24.
According to the official data issued by the Planning Commission, the government had specified a sum of Rs 110.500 billion for various projects in PSDP 2023–24. Out of the total release amount, the local component stood at Rs 90.367 billion, while the foreign aid component was Rs 20.132 billion. A sum of Rs 52.235 billion had been spent on various water-related projects during the said period.
For ongoing schemes, an amount of Rs 20,000
million had been allocated for Damer Basha Dam Project (dam part), Rs 15,500
million for K-4 Greater Water Supply Scheme (Karachi), Rs 10,500
million for the Mohmand dam, Rs 5,000
million for Diamer Basha Dam Project (Land Acquisition and Resettlement), Rs 3,273.834
million for construction of Basool Dam, Rs 1000
million for construction of 100 delay action dams in Balochistan, Rs 3000
million for construction of Awaran dam, Rs 1500
million for construction of Gish Kaur Storage Dam, Rs 2500
million for construction of Panjgur Storage dam, Rs 2000
million for construction of Winder dam (Lasbela), Rs 1244.741
million for construction of 6 small dams (Zhob and Sherani districts), Rs 1000
million for increasing storage capacity and improvement in command areas of Tanda dam Kohat, Rs 1000
million each for Kurram Tangi dam, normal/emergent flood programme and Rs 770
million for Mangi dam.
Under the new scheme, Rs 10,000
million was allocated for Umbrella PC-1 of the Flood Protection Sector Project, Rs 1000
million each for the remodeling of Pat Feeder Canal, Kachhi Canal Project, construction of Sumari Payan dam project (Kohat), and Rs 385.736
million for the construction of Asreli Storage Dam Sui in the PSDP for FY 2023–24.
