PDWP approves uplift schemes
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Wednesday approved 38 development schemes worth Rs16461.928 million.
Shakeel Qadir Khan, the additional chief secretary P&D Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, chaired the meeting through video link.
The meeting was attended by members of PDWP and concerned departments, said a handout.
The forum considered 40 schemes pertaining to Higher Education, Auqaf, Hajj, & Minority Affairs, Social Welfare, Roads, Local Government, Urban Development, Sports & Tourism, Multi Sectoral Development, Industries, Health and Law & Justice sectors for the uplift of the province.
The forum approved 38 schemes while two projects were deferred due to inadequate designs and were returned to the respective department for rectification.
Innovative planning mechanism developed in KP
Peshawar
February 10, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Planning and Development Department of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has developed an innovative sector-wide planning mechanism termed as the Programming Approaches/ Analytics & Measures Framework (PAMframe).
A press release said under the leadership of the Additional Chief Secretary, Shakeel Qadir Khan, the planning framework has been improved based on the last one-year experiences when it was piloted for the Accelerated Implementation Programme (AIP) 2020-21 of the merged areas.
The integration of the PAMframes within the systems of the line departments has been distinguished as a major step forward to foster the planning of the KP government.
The
KPK Planning and Development Department (PDD) is developing a mobile app called the “Pothole Fixer”. The app will allow the KPK public to report potholes and broken roads to the relevant authorities. Once ready, PDD will launch this app first in Peshawar as a pilot project.
The app’s main feature will be to
upload pictures of potholes in real-time and file broken road complaints. The app will automatically forward users’ complaints (with pictures) to the relevant departments, including Communication and Works, KP Highways Authority, and National Highway Authority, to take the necessary actions.
Majority of the roads in KPK are broken and deteriorating, especially in the rural areas of the province. The KPK government has taken this step to improve the infrastructure and facilitate the public.