The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved 53 projects worth Rs 478 billion on Thursday, among them a large number of inessential projects for Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s constituency even though the government is cash-strapped.
For Gilani’s constituency, the meeting submissively approved the construction of a northern bypass from Qasim Bela to Shershah Road, Multan bypass including a grade-separated elevated bridge over a railway line, a northern bypass from Bosan Road to Qasim Bela, Multan, including an approach road from northern bypass to Multan Airport via Jameelabad Chowk, projects which could have been delayed for some time.