QUETTA: The Planning and Development Department has given authorisation of Rs55 billion for carrying out new and ongoing projects included in the Public Sector Development Programme for the year 2020-21.
This was informed during a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani and Chief Secretary retired Captain Fazeel Asghar on Tuesday.
The meeting, held to review the Annual Development Programme 2020-21, was told that out of 1,597 new schemes included in the current year’s PSDP, 1,505 had been approved by the PDWP and DSC, while the finance department had released more than Rs44bn for the new and old projects.