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 20,00
0 million had been allocated for Damer Basha Dam Project (dam part), Rs 15,50
0 million for K-4 Greater Water Supply Scheme (Karachi), Rs 10,50
0 million for the Mohmand dam, Rs 5,00
0 million for Diamer Basha Dam Project (Land Acquisition and Resettlement), Rs 3,273.834 million for construction of Basool Dam, Rs 100
0 million for construction of 100 delay action dams in Balochistan, Rs 300
0 million for construction of Awaran dam, Rs 150
0 million for construction of Gish Kaur Storage Dam, Rs 250
0 million for construction of Panjgur Storage dam, Rs 200
0 million for construction of Winder dam (Lasbela), Rs 1244.741 million for construction of 6 small dams (Zhob and Sherani districts), Rs 100
0 million for increasing storage capacity and improvement in command areas of Tanda dam Kohat, Rs 100
0 million each for Kurram Tangi dam, normal/emergent flood programme and Rs 77
0 million for Mangi dam.
Under the new scheme, Rs 10,00
0 million was allocated for Umbrella PC-1 of the Flood Protection Sector Project, Rs 100
0 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.
