CHICHAWATNI -The federal and provincial governments have allocated Rs 3.17 billion for five different development programmes in Sahiwal district and so far 171, out of 661 schemes, have been completed. These schemes include supply of electricity and gas to most of the remote areas of the district, availability of sewerage and construction of roads to connect the villages to the markets. This was stated by Deputy Director Development Muhammad Akram Wattoo on Saturday at a meeting of the District Coordination Committee (DCC), chaired by DC Babar Bashir. The meeting was also attended by elected members of the assembly and district officers of relevant departments. He said that under the programme of providing additional facilities in government schools, work has been started on 40 projects at a cost of Rs 138 million, out of which 29 projects have been completed. Similarly, under the Community Development Programme, work has been started on 87 schemes at a cost of Rs 800 million, out of which 43 have been completed. He said that under the social action programme, launched with the financial assistance of the federal government, 124 projects were started at a cost of Rs 459 million.