May 27, 2007	Sunday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1428

PESHAWAR, May 26: The NWFP government will not be able to complete 34 development projects by the June 30 deadline because of the poor performance of the various executing agencies.

As a result, the government had been forced to revise the target list for the ongoing Annual Development Programme, informed sources told Dawn.

At the beginning of the fiscal year, the government planned to complete 411 development projects by the deadline. But in the first nine months it has completed only 14 schemes.

The sources said the schemes not to be completed this year were in different sectors such as health, communications and water supply and sanitation.

In the health sector, a total of 55 schemes were to be completed, but five projects are unlikely to meet the deadline. These schemes are: the Paraplegic Centre, Hayatabad; Peshawar Institute of Cardiology (Phase-1); Infrastructure for the Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar; District Headquarters Hospital, Swabi; and Mardan Medical Complex (Phase-II).

In the communications sector, one of the major components of the current ADP, Rs2.266 billion was allocated for completion of 82 projects in the current fiscal year.

However, the sources said that 10 projects in the sector would not be completed on time because of the slow pace of the work carried out by the Works and Services Department.

Because of the prevailing situation, the government is now anticipating the completion of only 72 projects, instead of 82.

The projects not to be completed this year are: Michni bridge over the Kabul river (Peshawar); Timergarah bypass road (Dir Lower); bridges on Tochi river (Bannu), Takhti Nusrati-Madki Road, Rhangri Sir-Zarki Nasrati Road (Karak), Hangu-Sammari Bala Road (Hangu), Manjakot-Kala Dhaka Road (Mansehra); and a bridge at Achar Payan (Dir Upper).

In the water supply and sanitation sector, 40 projects were to be completed but 19 schemes could not be completed and they would be completed next year.

The schemes are: sewerage and drainage scheme, Lala Killay; sewerage and drainage scheme, Tarnab Farm (Peshawar); water supply scheme, Shaghai village; 10 tube-wells in Nowshera; Sangau Dam (Mardan); water supply scheme, Swat; water supply scheme, Shalgah Wari; water supply scheme, Care Darra (Upper Dir); water supply scheme, Mazgool Payan (Chitral); tube-well in Chokara (Karak); sanitation drain in Katlang (Mardan); water supply schemes Kumbat and Badin Kalay (Dir Lower); water supply schemes Chukiatan and Surbat (Dir Upper); and water supply scheme, Thakot Pull Bazaar (Battagram); water supply scheme, Shah Khel Garhi (Mansehra); water supply scheme, Mian Theseri (Abbottabad); water supply schemes in the NWFP (Phase-I); and improvement of water supply to Peshawar from Warsak dam.