In its meeting on Tuesday, the Central Development Working Party (CWDP), presided over by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, approved three development projects totaling Rs 76.5 billion. Three projects connected to the Ministry of Communication and provincial projects were discussed at the meeting, which was also attended by the Secretary of the Planning Ministry, the Chief Economist, and Members of the Planning Commission.
The forum referred Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rural Accessibility Project at the cost of Rs. 69,440 million to the Executive Committee of the National Executive Council (ECNEC) while approving the construction of a 6-lane overhead bridge at Imamia Colony Railway Crossing Shahdara at the cost of Rs 3,958 million and the construction and Sindh Health Support Program at the cost of Rs. 3,098 million.
The construction of the overhead bridge at Imamia Colony was approved by the CDWP with the subject that National Highway Authority (NHA) will charge a toll tax after the construction. The Ministry of Communications is the sponsoring agency of the project.
The updated plan calls for building a 613-meter-long railway overhead bridge. With approach ramps on either side of National Highway N-5 at the Imamia Colony Railway crossing in Shahdara. Furthermore the proposed overhead bridge will make it easier for N-5 traffic to move freely. Also the Imamia Colony, the rail line connecting Lahore and Faisalabad crosses the N-5 dual road.
The Sindh Health Assistance Program is sponsored by the provincial government of Sindh. Moreover the PC-I plans to localise the National Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Benefit Package (BP). By creating its own provincial EPHS, Sindh became Pakistan’s first province to implement UHC.
Sindh EPHS for UHC BP prioritised a total of 131 interventions as District Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS). Which included 94 interventions as an immediate priority. Of these, 21 interventions were at the community level. 37 interventions were at the level of primary health care (PHC) facilities. And 36 interventions were at the first level hospital (FLH).
By addressing accessibility, equity, responsiveness, social and financial risk mitigation, and enhanced efficiency, the interventions will result in improved health with resilient health infrastructure.
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