ADP Launches 711 Schemes In Pindi Worth Rs 595bn: Commissioner

News Desk

Rawalpindi: A total of 711 schemes worth Rs 595.297 billion under the Annual Development Program (ADP) 2022–23 are launched in Rawalpindi, stated Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta on Monday.

In a meeting with the officers of the 33rd Senior Management Course, Inland Study Tour, the Commissioner gave a detailed briefing on the profile of Rawalpindi Division to the officers. Additional Commissioner Coordination (ACC) Syed Nizarat Ali, Additional Commissioner of Revenue (ACR) Kinza Murtaza, Director of Development Nazia Sudhan, Director Local Government, Director Health Dr.

Rawalpindi is a division of four districts covering 22,991 square kilometers, and the total population of Rawalpindi is 10.884 million, said Liaquat Ali.

He told that 105 new schemes were launched under ADP in 2022–23, while 606 were ongoing projects, adding that 157 projects have been completed and 37.544 percent of the budget released by the government has been utilized on the schemes.

The Mother and Child Care Hospital, worth Rs 5.32 billion, is among the prominent schemes of the Health Department in Rawalpindi Division. Furthermore, the Institute of Urology, worth Rs 5.166 billion, is another important project launched in the division, with a 60-bed hospital being constructed on Chakri Road, Rawalpindi.

Two other projects, a 50-bed Trauma centre in Jhelum district and a Trauma centre in Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan, were also being completed, he said, adding that a university in Chakwal worth Rs 1.5 billion is among the prominent schemes of the Education Department.

The most prominent project in the roads sector is the construction of a 138-kilometer tourism highway from Lower Topa Murree to Chowk Pandori, for which Rs 4187 million has been allocated, the Commissioner mentioned. Four bypasses were also being constructed to resolve the traffic congestion problem in Murree, Liaquat Ali added.

Moreover, the Educational Complex in District Attock, the Center of Excellence in District Chakwal and the Educational Complex in District Rawalpindi were also being completed in the division. Divisional Public Schools has also been started in all the districts of the division, further stated Ali Chatta.

In the recent anti-polio campaign, more than one million children were vaccinated in Rawalpindi Division, Chatta said, adding that 57 small dams in the Division had been completed and made fully operational.

Practical steps are being taken to construct parking plazas in Rawalpindi and Murree, he added. The divisional administration’s current focus is on urban flooding, action against hoarders, environmental issues, providing tourist facilities in Murree, and the upcoming elections, Commissioner Ali informed.