Tareen commends NPIW team
By Adnan Rafique

ISLAMABAD—Industries Minister Jahangir Tareen has commended the project directors and other officials of National Program for Improvement of Watercourses (NPIW) for the great work they have done for timely implementation of the project.
Chairing a meeting to review progress of NPIW, the minister said National Program for Improvement of Watercourses is a real success as more watercourses have been lined than the actual targets. Among others, Secretary Industries Shahab Khawaja also attended the meeting.
National Project Director in his presentation told the meeting that the target set for Financial Years 2004-05 to 2006-07 was to line 38,200 watercourses across the country but the NPIW has been able to line more watercourses than the actual targets. The total watercourses lined during this period are 41,459, he added. The meeting was informed that total funds released for this period was Rs. 19, 713.747 million of which 8,306.148 million for Punjab, 3,803.093 million for NWFP, 2,122.331 million for Balochistan, 5,132.399 million for Sindh, 63.454 million for FATA, 88.607 million for FANA and 44.565 million for ICT.
The target for 2007-08 is to line 18,700 more watercourses across the country, the meeting was told.
Tareen also chaired another meeting to review progress of Clean Drinking Water for All (CDWA) project. The Project Director gave a detailed presentation about the status of bidding process, contracts and implementation of the project. He told the meeting that the project is ready for implementation in Sindh and Balochistan and efforts are underway to implement it very soon in other areas of the country.
It was decided in the meeting that contract signing ceremony for Sindh will be held on November 5. After this, a similar ceremony will be held in Balochistan.