ISLAMABAD, Aug 01 (APP):The federal government's Kohlu Development Package has recorded reported expenditure of Rs7.915 billion against an approved cost of Rs7.958 billion across 10 development projects. According to official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the package comprises projects in the road, education, health, electricity, water supply and irrigation sectors. Within the Kohlu package, the largest project is the construction of the Sibi-Rakhni Road via Maiwand, covering the Talli-Kohlu section …
Rs7.9bn spent on 10 projects under Kohlu development package
ISLAMABAD, Aug 01 (APP):The federal government’s Kohlu Development Package has recorded reported expenditure of Rs7.915 billion against an approved cost of Rs7.958 billion across 10 development projects.
According to official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the package comprises projects in the road, education, health, electricity, water supply and irrigation sectors.
Within the Kohlu package, the largest project is the construction of the Sibi-Rakhni Road via Maiwand, covering the Talli-Kohlu section from kilometre 24 to kilometre 164. The project’s approved cost and reported expenditure both stand at Rs6.545 billion.
Another Rs222.245 million has been spent on constructing various blacktop roads connecting different villages with the main Kohlu town. The amount equals the project’s approved cost.
The construction of a bypass road at Kohlu has also recorded expenditure of Rs197.860 million, matching its approved cost.
The education component includes a cadet college and a government inter girls’ college. The establishment of the Cadet College in Kohlu district had an approved cost of Rs218.754 million, all of which was reported as expenditure.
The Government Inter Girls’ College in Kohlu had an approved cost of Rs125 million, against which expenditure stood at Rs102.096 million.
In the healthcare sector, the establishment of a 50-bed hospital in Kohlu district carried an approved cost of Rs225.704 million, with reported expenditure reaching Rs205.094 million.
The power component includes the construction of a 132-kilovolt grid station at Kohlu, with its approved cost and expenditure both recorded at Rs330.043 million.
Another Rs10 million was spent on installing an 11-kilovolt Tamboo feeder to Mast Tawalki in Kohlu district, equal to the project’s approved cost.
The package also supported water-supply and irrigation infrastructure. The Kohlu water-supply scheme recorded expenditure of Rs67.584 million against the same approved cost.
Similarly, expenditure on the Kahan Irrigation Scheme in Kohlu district reached Rs16.434 million, matching its approved cost.
The document shows that expenditure equalled the approved cost for eight of the 10 projects. The only exceptions were the 50-bed hospital and the Government Inter Girls’ College. Together, these account for the Rs43.514 million difference between the package’s total approved cost of Rs7.958 billion and reported expenditure of Rs7.915 billion.
