Azad Jammu and Kashmir Development Working Party in its meeting held in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday approved twenty projects costing eight and a half billion rupees.

Additional Chief Secretary (Development) Dr Syed Asif Hussain presided over the meeting.

The projects are relating to Communication, Industries, Mineral Resources, Higher Education, Tourism, Power Development Organization, Transport and Foreign Funded Projects.

Addressing the meeting Additional Chief Secretary (Development) directed Secretaries to utilize development funds timely and step up monitoring process.

He directed to spend public money on people welfare in real sense.