23 uplift schemes delayed due to poor coordination of P&D department

As much as 23 development schemes are still pending with the P&D department due to poor coordination of the department with the concerned officials. According to the reports, the Chief Minister Secretariat had directed Chairman P&D Hamid Yaqub Sheikh to complete all ongoing and new development schemes till the end of February. However, the Chairman P&D badly failed to do the needful to which the CM Secretariat has expressed displeasure and held the former responsible for delaying the clearance of the projects, causing increase in cost for these schemes with every passing day.

Knowledgeable sources in the P&D department, said that MPAs of various constituencies met Prime Minister Imran Khan during his last visit to Lahore and complained against the chief minister and the chief secretary Punjab. They told the premier that no development work has been carried out in their constituencies since the PTI government came into power.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had then ordered the Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and Chief Secretary to address the situation, redress their grievances and complete the proposed development schemes with immediate effect. So, the CM issued the directions to the chairman P&D accordingly but to no avail.

The sources have revealed that the development schemes pending with the P&D department include Establishment of Mother and Child Block at Teaching Hospital DG Khan with estimated cost of Rs 3,707.086 million, establishment of Medical Collage at Bahawalnagar with an estimated cost of Rs 23312.529 million, provision of missing specialties for up-gradation of DHQ Hospital to Teaching Hospital, Gujranwala, with estimated cost of Rs 6,910.075 million, establishment of 60-bed Hospital at Jaurrian Chakri Road Rawalpindi with estimated cost of Rs 540.626mn, establishment of Orthopedic Unit-II at Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur with estimated cost of Rs 1,050.057million, up-gradation of Thalassemia Unit & Bone Marrow Transplant Centre at B.V. Hospital, Bahawalpur, with estimated cost of 1,101.552 07 million, construction of hostels for students of Services Hospital, Lahore, with estimated cost of Rs 1,013.057million, establishment of DHQ Hospital, Multan, with estimated cost of 1,826.308million and construction of custom-made building of Punjab Public Service Commission Regional Office, Multan, with the estimated cost of Rs 646.338mn.

Other pending schemes include development schemes of irrigation sector, land acquisition, water schemes, and more.