According to the sources, these schemes were approved during the 16th PDWP meeting of the ongoing fiscal year 2022-23 under the chairmanship of the Chairman of the Planning & Development Board Abdullah Khan Sumbal. 

The approved development schemes included 

• Rehabilitation of Metalled Road from Feroza to Head Farid Road District Rahimyar Khan costing Rs. 479.177 million 

• Construction of Multi Level Grade Separation at Shahdara Morr, Lahore costing Rs. 9,056.020 million, 
• Project Management Unit (PMU): Heritage & Urban Regeneration in Lahore: Tourism Development in Lahore Fort and its Buffer Zone costing Rs. 317.000 million 
• Construction of Divisional Complex at Gujrat Phase-I costing Rs. 8,805.868 million 
• Dualization of Road from Shadiwal to Chak Gillan District Gujrat (Revised) worth Rs. 2,138.631 million 
• Building Flyover on Gujrat Bypass (N-5) to Link Industrial Area-II I/C Link Rawalpindi Side & Additional Bridges over Bhimber Nullah and UJC in District Gujrat costing Rs. 2,473.140 million, 

• Rehabilitatithe on of road from Service Morr to Bolay Bridge District Gujrat at the cost of Rs. 886.180 million, 
• Improvement/ Rehabilitation of Gujrat City Roads District Gujrat at costing Rs. 1,190.342 million, 
• Dualization of Gujrat Dinga Road Length = 17.50 Km District Gujrat at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,812.174 million, 
• Dualization of Gujrat Jlalpur Jattan Head Marala Road Length = 6.00 Km District Gujrat having a cost of Rs. 911.529 million, 
• Rehabilitation of Road from Renala Khud to Hujra Chowk through Shergarh Tehsil Renala Khurd Depalpur District Okara costing Rs. 1016.887 million, 

• Rehabilitation of Old G.T Road in Okara City Tehsil Okara costing Rs. 1040.762 million, 
• Rehabilitation of Depalpur – Haveli Lakha Road via Bhuman Shah & Wasawawala Tehsil Depalpur, District Okara costing Rs. 1047.190 million 
• Rehabilitation of Depalpur – Basirpur RoadTehsil Depalpur District Okara at an estimated cost of Rs. 1054.850 million 

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The decision was taken on Friday in a meeting between Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and World Bank Country Director Najy Benhassine who attended the conversation through video link from Islamabad. 

According to the sources, the meeting was also attended by provincial ministers, Azra Pechuho, Nasir Shah Jam Khan Shoro, Manzoor Wassan, Zia Abbas Shah, Murtaza Wahab, Rasool Bux Chandio, Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, Chairman P&D Hassan Naqvi, and other concerned secretaries. While from the World Bank team Programme Leader Abedalrazaq Khalif, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist Elif Ayhan, Kamran Akbar, Bilal Khalid, Yunziyi Lag and Farah Yamin joined the meeting. 

The chief minister informed the meeting that he has already deputed teams to clear water from flooded towns and villages. “The dewatering process is in progress and hopefully within one-and-a-half months it would be completed,” he stated adding that he would start construction of houses for the affected people once the water is drained. 

Meanwhile, CM Murad stated as the winter season is around the corner “we have to make housing arrangements for the people”. He insisted to the global lender finance the housing project. 

After thorough discussions and deliberations, the provincial chief executive and the World Bank country director decided to launch the project of Rs110 billion for which a company would be formed under the chairmanship of the chief secretary. 

The company’s chief executive officer (CEO) with the assistance of the public and private sector would start the construction of the houses for which the survey is in progress. 

CM Sindh also highlighted the plight of growers and said that the floods have caused them irreparable losses. The World Bank then agreed to grant $323 million, so that growers could reclaim their lands from the floods and sow the upcoming Rabi crop. 

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