ISLAMABAD, Jun 10 (APP):The Federal Government has allocated Rs 227,131 million under Public Service Development Programme (PSDP) for Communications Division in the fiscal year 2025-26.
According to a budgetary document released here on Tuesday, an amount of Rs 149.50 million has been allocated for Communications Division and Rs 226,981.850 million for the National Highway Authority (NHA).
Some key ongoing schemes of Communications Division include Construction of NHMP Building for SSP/LHQ 90km North at E35, Mansehra at a cost of Rs 69.683 million while for Construction of NHMP Building for SSP/LHQ Sector-II M-5 at Rahim Yar Khan Interchange (South Loop) RD RD 560+043 an amount of Rs 15.625 million was earmarked.
An amount of Rs 36.842 million was earmarked for 1xDormitory for 200 student at CTTI Islamabad.
For the construction of GPO Building Cum Postmaster Residence at Tank District Dera Ismail Khan an amount of 27 million was earmarked.
Under ongoing schemes of National Highway Authority (NHA), an amount of Rs 34,000 million was kept for Dualization of Khuzdar-Kuchlak Section of National Highway(N-25): Length 330.52Km; Dualization and Rehabilitation of Karachi Quetta-Chaman Road (N25) from Karachi-Kararo (232KM) & Wadh-Khuzdar (41 KM) having total Length 273KM at a cost of Rs 33,000 million; Rs 33,000 million was earmarked for Dualization of Kararo-Wadh Section (83 KM)& Kuchlak-Chaman Section (104KM) of National Highway(N-25) Length: 187KM.
Construction of Hyderbad-Sukkur (306KM), 6-Lane divided, fenced motorway-2nd revised at a cost of Rs 15000 million;
Indus Highway(N-55) Additional Carriageway project (Shikarpur-Rajanpur Section) Length 221.9 KM(ADB Funded) at a cost of 8620 million; Dualization & Rehabilitation of DG Khan Section-DI Khan Section of N-55(208.19 KM) (ADB Funded) at a cost of 7230 million; Relocation of KaraKorum Highway between Thakot & Raikot due to Construction of Dams on River Indus (241KM) (China EXIM Funded) at a cost of Rs 6500 million and Sialkot (Sambrial)- Kharian Motorway at a cost of Rs 5,000 million.
For new schemes of National Highway Authority (NHA), an amount of Rs 1,900 million was kept for Widening & Improvement of Priority Sections of N-5 (Phase-l) (210 Km) Phase I-A Section-2 Ranipur – Sukkur Road (70 Km) Section-7 Rawalpindi-Hassanabdal Road (40 Km) Section-8 Nowshera-Peshawar (31 Km) Phase I-B Section-4 Lahore-Gujranwala (68 Km) New Nai Baran Bridge (1 Km) (AIIB Funded); Interchange on Jamaldin Wali, District Rahim Yar Khan Rs 100 million was earmarked.
