ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated Rs118,583.402 million for 115 development projects of the Communications Division in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for fiscal year 2022-2023.
According to the budgetary document released on Friday, the government has specified a total of Rs180 million for four schemes of the Ministry of Communications (excluding NHA). Rs118,403 million have been allocated for National Highway Authority’s 110 development projects out of which Rs86,288.281 million have been earmarked for 64 ongoing schemes, Rs24,045.121 million for its 46 new schemes whereas Rs8,070 million have been earmarked for Build-Operate-Transfer(BOT) schemes.
Out of NHA’s ongoing development projects, the highest amount of Rs6,000 million has been set aside for dualization of Khuzdar-Kuchlak section of N-25, whereas Rs4,500 million have been allocated separately for additional carriageway of Shikarpur-Rajanpur section of Indus Highway and three sections of CAREC corridor development program tranche-I projects of Indus Highway.
Rs4,000 million have been earmarked for the construction Hosahb-Awaran section of M-8 whereas Rs3,500 million have been set aside for Sukkur-Multan section of motorway.
Among the new NHA schemes, Rs 5000 million have been apportioned for DI Khan-Lakki Marwat-Tank package, Rs3,000 million each for dualization and rehabilitation of Karachi-Kararo, Wadh-Khuzdar sections of N-25.
Rs3,000 million have also been earmarked for construction of Lahore-Sialkot Motorway link via Narang Mandi to Narowal.
