Islamabad: The federal government on Friday released a sum of PKR 33.3 billion for various water and power projects under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) – a news source reported.
Out of the said amount, PKR 320 million will be utilised for the construction of Dam Tehsil in Ormara tehsil of Gwadar. Similarly, PKR 4.5 billion will be spent on the extension of a drain project in Sehwan city.
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The government previously released a sum of PKR 310.3 billion under its PSDP for the fiscal year 2019-20. This amount was 46 percent of the total budgeted PSDP allocation, which stands at PKR 675 billion.
However, this amount worth PKR 310.3 billion did not include development funds for the Commerce Division and the Inter-Provincial Coordination Division.