{"id":84628,"date":"2022-03-16T14:45:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=84628"},"modified":"2022-03-16T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:45:47","slug":"development-package-south-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/development-package-south-punjab.html","title":{"rendered":"PM to launch PKR 581 billion development package for South Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is all set to launch a development package for South Punjab, worth PKR 581 billion in order to improve power supply, infrastructure, and provide access to information technology, according to news published on Tuesday (March 15).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-500-bn-fund-south-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM announces PKR 500 bn development fund for South Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details, 122 projects have been selected which includes recently approved projects and the launching of new projects. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-stresses-on-development-of-south-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">development package<\/a> was finalised in collaboration with the South Punjab Secretariat and the government of Punjab. It has already been presented to the PM during his visit to Lahore last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, PKR 182 billion will be utilised for 44 projects proposed by the Punjab government, while PKR 52 billion will be spent on 21 new schemes already approved to be funded under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). Moreover, 13 ongoing schemes, worth PKR 134 billion will also be included in the package. The Ignite and Universal Services Fund will finance 39 Information Technology (IT) projects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are details about the projects included under the development package:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Construction of Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan southern bypass, at the cost of PKR 6.6 billion<\/li><li>Expansion of 90-kilometre long section Qila Saifullah \u2013 Multan (N-70) at D.G Khan, worth PKR 15.8 billion\u00a0<\/li><li>Dualisation of head Muhammad Wala bridge on River Chenab for PKR 7 billion<\/li><li>Construction of bridge on River Chenab linking Shujaabad and Khan Garh, at the cost of PKR 7.2 billion<\/li><li>Dualisation of Vehari-Abdul Hakim Road, at the total cost of PKR 13 billion\u00a0<\/li><li>Building a bridge on River Chenab to connect Shaher Sultan with Jalapur Pirwala, worth PKR 6.5 billion<\/li><li>Dualisation 139-kilometre long road from Muzaffargarh to Taranda Muhammad Panah via Alipur\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-south-punjab-secretariat-acs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Additional secretary asked to expedite work on South Punjab Secretariat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Construction of bridge on River Chenab at Mud Waal to connect Jalapur Pirwala to Alipur for PKR 5.7 billion<\/li><li>Development of the road from Garh Maharaja to Chowk Munda, at the total cost of PKR 5 billion<\/li><li>Bahawalpur (N-5) connectivity to Multan Sukkur Motorway worth PKR 6 billion<\/li><li>Dualisation of Multan-Shujaabad-Jalalpur Pirwala Road, at the cost of PKR 8.5 billion<\/li><li>Development of Murunj Dam on Kaha Hill Torrent, at the cost of PKR 10 billion\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are the details about the new PSDP projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Construction of roads on River Indus in Rahim Yar Khan (RYK)<\/li><li>Establishment of 220-kilovolts (kV) Dharki-RYK power transmission station, at the cost of PKR 15.8 billion<\/li><li>Dualisation of Mian Channu Road for PKR 2.1 billion<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/budget-2021-22-south-punjab-allocations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Budget 2021-22: South Punjab gets \u2018record high\u2019 allocations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Construction of a road in Bahawalpur, at the cost of PKR 3.6 billion<br>Expansion of Tehsil Taunsa Road for PKR 8.3 billion<\/li><li>Dualisation of Karam dad Qureshi Road, at the cost of 2.3 billion<\/li><li>Widening of Haroonabad to Fort Abbas road, worth PKR 2.6 billion\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is all set to launch a development package for South Punjab, worth PKR 581 billion in order to improve power supply, infrastructure, and provide access to information technology, according to news published on Tuesday (March 15).\u00a0 Read: PM announces PKR 500 bn development fund for South Punjab As per the details, 122 projects have been selected which includes recently approved projects and the launching of new projects. The development package was finalised in collaboration with the South Punjab Secretariat and the government of Punjab. It has already been presented to the PM during his visit to Lahore last week.\u00a0 Reportedly, PKR 182 billion will be utilised for 44 projects proposed by the Punjab government, while PKR 52 billion will be spent on 21 new schemes already approved to be funded under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). Moreover, 13 ongoing schemes, worth PKR 134 billion will also be included in the package. The Ignite and Universal Services Fund will finance 39 Information Technology (IT) projects.&nbsp; Here are details about the projects included under the development package: Construction of Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan southern bypass, at the cost of PKR 6.6 billion Expansion of 90-kilometre long&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":75850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[51574,51573],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-development-package-for-south-punjab","9":"tag-pm-to-launch-pkr-581-billion-development-package-for-south-punjab","10":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM to launch PKR 581b uplift package for South Punjab- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is all set to launch a development package for South Punjab, worth PKR 581 billion in order to improve power supply....\" \/>\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\/development-package-south-punjab.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM to launch PKR 581b uplift package for South Punjab- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is all set to launch a development package for South Punjab, worth PKR 581 billion in order to improve power supply....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/development-package-south-punjab.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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