ISLAMABAD: Central Development Working Party has approved one "Social Health Protection Phase-II" worth 634 million rupees and recommended another worth 20.53 billion rupees to ECNEC for further consideration.

The meeting the CDWP was held in Islamabad on Monday with Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan in the chair.

The project envisages social health protection for the district of Gilgit Baltistan including medicines, general surgery, orthopedics, gynaecology & obstetrics, pediatric, ophthalmology and ENT with coverage up to Rs. 25000/- per member of the beneficiary household per year. 

The meeting referred the project titled "Rainee Canal Project (Phase-I)" worth20533.836 million to ECNEC for further consideration. The project envisages construction of 174 km long canal having 609 km long distribution system to irrigate a total cultural able command Area of 412,400 Acres in the districts of Kashmore, Ghotki, Sukkur and Khairpur.

CDWP cleared three Concept Clearance Proposals namely include "Provision of Equipment and Personnel Training Provision to Airport  Security Forces and Pakistan Civil Aviation Industry Corporation of China International China" worth Rs. 3272.509 million , second Rehabilitation and Up gradation of Rawal Lake Treatment Plan, Old Transmission Pipe and Water Testing Laboratory including Equipment" worth 3921.47 million rupees and the " National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine 2021 Pakistan Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID -19" worth 1028.74 Dollars approved by CDWP.