{"id":59535,"date":"2020-01-07T17:20:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T12:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=59535"},"modified":"2020-07-16T18:46:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T13:46:02","slug":"ecnec-approves-funds-for-tarbela-extension-project-other-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-approves-funds-for-tarbela-extension-project-other-schemes.html","title":{"rendered":"ECNEC approves funds for Tarbela Extension Project, other schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday provided its approval to six development schemes, including the Tarbela 4<sup>th<\/sup> Extension project, according to a news source. These projects have a total estimated cost of PKR 216.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-satisfied-with-tarbela-4th-extension.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WB satisfied with Tarbela 4th extension<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The approval was granted in meeting presided over by Advisor to the Prime Minister (PM) on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. As per the news source, most of these projects will be completed in collaboration with the World Bank, which will provide finances for these schemes in the form of funds.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-sets-up-rainwater-ponds-in-forests.html\">Govt sets up rainwater ponds in forests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The meeting approved funds worth PKR 122.9 billion for the Tarbela 4<sup>th<\/sup> Extension Project, the cost of which has increased by 47% as compared to the previous estimates of PKR 83.6 billion due to inflation. The extension project will increase Tarbela\u2019s electricity generation from the current production of 3,478MW to 4,888MW.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/experts-share-shocking-stats-on-lahores-underground-water-table.html\">Experts share shocking stats on Lahore&#8217;s underground water table<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other details on funds approved by the ECNEC for respective projects are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PKR 15.52 billion for Southern Punjab Poverty Alleviation Project<\/li>\n<li>PKR 12.08 billion for High Education Development in Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>PKR 39.7 billion for Pakistan Multi-Mission Communication Satellite System<\/li>\n<li>PKR 12.8 billion for Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Programme (3<sup>rd<\/sup> Revision)<\/li>\n<li>PKR 13.4 billion for Evacuation of Power from Wind Power Projects at Jhimper and Gharo Wind Clusters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday provided its approval to six development schemes, including the Tarbela 4th Extension project, according to a news source. These projects have a total estimated cost of PKR 216.5 billion. Read:\u00a0WB satisfied with Tarbela 4th extension The approval was granted in meeting presided over by Advisor to the Prime Minister (PM) on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. As per the news source, most of these projects will be completed in collaboration with the World Bank, which will provide finances for these schemes in the form of funds. Read:\u00a0Govt sets up rainwater ponds in forests The meeting approved funds worth PKR 122.9 billion for the Tarbela 4th Extension Project, the cost of which has increased by 47% as compared to the previous estimates of PKR 83.6 billion due to inflation. The extension project will increase Tarbela\u2019s electricity generation from the current production of 3,478MW to 4,888MW. Read:\u00a0Experts share shocking stats on Lahore&#8217;s underground water table Other details on funds approved by the ECNEC for respective projects are as follows: PKR 15.52 billion for Southern Punjab Poverty Alleviation Project PKR 12.08 billion for High Education Development in Pakistan PKR&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":35651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[14869],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-ecnec-approves-funds-for-tarbela-extension-project","9":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECNEC approves funds for Tarbela Extension Project, other schemes - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday provided its approval to six development schemes, including the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-approves-funds-for-tarbela-extension-project-other-schemes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECNEC approves funds for Tarbela Extension Project, other schemes - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday provided its approval to six development schemes, including the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-approves-funds-for-tarbela-extension-project-other-schemes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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