LAHORE - The eighth meeting of the Public-Private Partnership Policy and Monitoring Board, which was held under the chair of Punjab Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office on Thursday, decided to withdraw the Rawalpindi Ring Road project from the Public-Private Partnership Authority.
It decided to start the Ring Road project in PC-I mode with the resources of the Punjab government. The meeting also decided to withdraw the Kharian-Dinga Road project from the public-private partnership portfolio.
The chief minister directed early resolution of the matters relating to the projects. The meeting approved revised project proposals of Multan-Vehari Road and Faisalabad-Chiniot-Sargodha Road along with the endorsement of the revised proposal of the water meters project in Lahore.
Upon a request of PITB, the meeting recommended giving the authority of citizens’ facilitation centres, to be established in different cities, to Public-Private Partnership Authority. The citizens’ facilitation centres will be started in PC-I mode in Lodhran, Chakwal, Sialkot and Rahim Yar Khan.
The CM directed to complete the projects according to their respective timelines while fulfilling the formalities. Decisions made in the 7th meeting were also endorsed by the participants, and they were also briefed about the progress on development projects.
Provincial Minister for Communication and Works Sardar Asif Nakai, Advisor Dr Salman Shah, Chief Secretary, ACS (Home), Secretary Housing, Chairman P&D, administrative secretaries, CEO PPPA and others attended the meeting.
