Lahore: According to a news source, a new development scheme for the irrigation sector has been approved by the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) – estimated to cost around PKR 730 million in developmental expenditures. The said scheme was approved during the recently held second meeting of the PDWP for the current fiscal year (2019-20), chaired by Planning and Development (P&D) Chairman Habibur Rehman Gilani.
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This project includes the partial reconstruction work of the Right Marginal Bund (RMB) and Left Marginal Bund (LMB) initiatives, and the completion of the River Training Works of Panjnad Headworks (DCRIP).
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The meeting was attended by P&D Acting Secretary Babar Aman Babar, members of the board of P&D, provincial secretaries of the departments concerned, and other senior officials from the relevant departmental branches.