PROJECT NAME
NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF WATERCOURSES IN PAKISTAN: PHASE-II
PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME
Contact No:
Email:
LOCATION
Punjab
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)
Balochistan
Gilgit Baltistan (GB)
Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K)
Islamabad Capital Terrority (ICT)
SPONSORING AGENCY
Government of Pakistan through Ministry of National Food Security & Research (M/o NFS&R), Islamabad and respective Provincial Governments
EXECUTING AGENCY
M/o NFS&R through Federal Project Management Unit (FPMU). All Provincial Departments of Agriculture (Provincial Directorates of OFWM) and respective departments of AJ&K, GB and ICT. District Governments. Farmers Organizations/ Water Users Associations (WUAs).
ORIGINAL COST
154,542.355
SCOPE
Improvement of 47,278 watercourses up to 50% of total length, construction of 14,932 water storage tanks and provision of 11,610 Laser land levelers.
Objectives:
- Social mobilization through capacity building of WUAs/ FOs
- Minimization of conveyance and field application losses
- Reduction in water logging and salinity
- Equity in water distribution
- Reduction in water disputes/thefts/litigation
- Motivation/participation of farmers
- Poverty reduction through employment generation
- Increase in crops yield/sufficiency in food
| Executing Agency | Targets (PC-I) | Achievements (Up-to December 2020) | ||||
| Watercourses | Water Storage Tanks | Laser Land Levelers | Watercourses | Water Storage Tanks | Laser Land Levelers | |
| Punjab | 10000 | 3000 | 9500 | 1229 | 201 | 1486 |
| KP | 13000 | 5000 | 600 | 1575 | 429 | 0 |
| Balochistan | 20389 | 5507 | 1500 | 1878 | 360 | 15 |
| GB | 2500 | 825 | 5 | 210 | 131 | 0 |
| AJK | 1165 | 600 | 5 | 119 | 76 | 0 |
| ICT | 224 | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| Water saving per Watercourse per annum (AF):
Watercourse to be improved (Nos): Estimated water to be saved per annum (MAF): Estimated Economic Value per MAF under present productivity conditions (Million US$): Total economic benefit due to saved water (Billion US$): Billion Pak Rupees (1US$ = Rs.156) |
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47,278 5.82 400 2.33 363.5 |
Direct appointments of about 350 persons all over the country and employment opportunities of about 124,420 persons counting to 44.79 million man-days will become available for skilled and unskilled labor during execution of project activities including watercourse improvement, manufacturing of PCPS etc.
PROJECT DETAILS
| Date of approval with Forum | ||
| Original date | Revised Date, if any | All subsequent Revisions if any |
| 29th August 2019 (ECNEC) | N/A | N/A |
| Financial Arrangement | GoP Share Rs. 47,175.504 million Prov. Govt. Share Rs. 59,084.565million Farmers’ Share Rs. 48,282.287million |
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| Donor (if any)along with a share of foreign aid in the cost | N/A | |
| Actual Date of Commencement | 1st October, 2019 (Admin Approval) | |
| Completion Date (as per PC-I) | 30th June 2024 (Extendable) | |
| Likely Completion Date | 30th June 2024 | |
| Reason of Time and Cost Overrun | N/A | |
| Specific decision/ recommendation made during previous quarterly reviews of PSDP 2019-20 |
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| PMES system updated on (please specify date) | 19th January 2021 | |
| Financial progress | ||
| a) Expenditure up to June 2020 | 3,944.336 | |
| b) %age Financial progress to-Date | 10.8% | |
| Physical completion (in %age terms) | 10.4% | |
| Allocation 2020-21 | Rupee | Foreign loan(if any) |
| Rs. 5,250.00 million | Nil | |
| Releases 2020-21 | Rupee | Foreign Loan(if any) |
| Rs. 1,840.00 million | Nil | |
| Expenditure/Utilization 2020-21 (July-Sept 2020) | Rupee | Foreign loan(if any) |
| Rs. 1,082.113 million | Nil | |
| Bottlenecks/Issues impeding progress on the project (if any) |
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| Latest implementation status of the decision/recommendation | Complied with | |