Balochistan 'Mega Projects'
In rupee terms at least, though perhaps not in dollars. However, to whom the benefits will accrue is not stated.
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources Mir Muhammad Mengal has said that competition of Mega projects in Balochistan would usher in new era of progress and prosperity in the country.
He said this while addressing a public gathering on the occasion of gas supply to village Harrar near Gujar khan on Monday.
The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has completed the project at a cost of Rs. 2.355 million in a period of less than two months.
The Minister of State said that the government was mobilizing all resources for the socio economic development of the people across the country and taking concrete steps for the speedy development of remote and backward areas aimed at to bring them at par with the developed ones as quickly as possible.
He said that the government was completing Rs. 135 billion mega projects in Balochistan adding that Gwadar deep seaport Mirani Dam.
Coastal highway and Karachi Canal Projects would bring rapid progress in province, he added.
Mir Nasser Mengal said that a handful of vested interests were trying to create rift among the people of two provinces to achieve their nefarious designs of impeding socio economic development process.
Punjab Minister for Public Health and Engineering Raja Mushtaq Kiani, Dr. Shahzad Waseem PML President (France) Raja Ali Asghar and others speakers addressed the gathering and highlighted the government’s efforts for the well being of the people.
