ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Qamaruz Zaman Kaira said 10 out of 16 projects of small dams have been approved in The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting held today.

Addressing a meeting, he said for these dams, at least Rs 2.5 billion have been apportioned in the current year, of them Rs800 million will be spent in Balochisitan, Rs700 million in NWFP, Rs500 million have been set aside to be spent in Sindh and the same amount will be spent in Punjab.

At least Rs57 billion would be spent on the construction of these dams.

Kaira said he congratulates the residents of Karachi on approval for the restoration of Circular Railways in the city. The project is worth Rs128.60 billion.

75 new coaches are being brought for the uplift of Railways, he said. LINK