S. A Haidri
Muzaffarabad: The 3rd meeting of the approving forum of AKCDC for the financial year 2017-18 was held under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider Khan here on Wednesday.
The Meeting was attended by the venerable Cabinet Members, Chief Secretary, Secretary Finance, Additional Chief Secretary (Dev.), representatives of the Federal Government, Secretaries of the respective line departments and officers of the Planning and development AJ&K.
In the meeting, 8 projects costing over Rs. 1.31 billion appertaining to State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), Agriculture/Livestock and Communication & Works sectors were considered.
The significant projects that were brought under discussion included Establishment of the Bomb Disposal Service at Six Sub-Divisions located on the Line of Control (LOC), Poverty Reduction through establishment of Production Units for Small Land holders in AJ&K through Public Private Partnership (Phase-II), Rehabilitation of Khari irrigation channel and lining of existing distributaries of Upper Jhelum Canal, Improvement, Metalling and Black Topping of Link Roads Phase-VII Length 25 Km in District Bagh, Construction of 120 Meter Span Pre-stressed RCC Bridge in Balwara District Bhimber and 75 meter span Bridge at Chanjal with 2.25 Km approach road in District Haveli, Repair and Rehabilitation of Existing Bridges in South Zone and Up-gradation and Reconditioning of Kot Jamel to Iftikharabad Road, Length 11 KM in District Bhimber
