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Infrastructure construction is the best way to provide low level jobs to unskilled Pakistanis and give a boost to economy.

Thorough Pro said:

Infrastructure construction is the best way to provide low level jobs to unskilled Pakistanis and give a boost to economy.

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Actually, this is way beyond just unskilled. These techniques to build advanced infrastructure haven't ever been used in Pakistan before. So you are expanding your engineering base, whether its Civil, Electric or Hi-Tech. That's pretty huge. Then, you have all kinds of skilled workers in Civil engineering working on the ground and then the laymen. So this is taking a country forward to where the rest of the world is. These massive projects helps the economy, the people and allow a country to showcase a better infrastructure for global trade and business, resulting in bringing foreign investments and further growth.

‘One-third of orange train project completed’

One-third of civil work on the Orange Line Metro Train project (OLMT) has been completed so far and hopefully it would be concluded by the end of the current year.

This was stated by Kh Ahmad Hassan, chairman of the steering committee of OLMT, while chairing a meeting on Wednesday to review the progress on the project.

He said that construction of bridges on railway lines from Ring Road to Dera Gujjran had been started. He said that land had been acquired for establishment of electric sub-station near Shah Noor Studio on Multan Road and negotiation had entered final phase with Railways to get land near UET,GT Road, for another electric station. He said that

Package-1 from Dera Gujjran to Chuburji 39.3%

Package-2 from Chuburji to Ali Town 33.4%

Package-3 Construction of yard 28% percent

Package-4 Construction of depot had been completed up to 29.7%

He said that after its inauguration, the train would provide safe, efficient and economic mode of transport initially to 300,000 passengers daily through the densely populated and busy commercial areas of the provincial metropolis while the number of passangers would increase to 500,000 daily within the next three years.

Kh Ahmad Hassan directed the representatives of various utility services departments for chalking out and implementing a SOP for completely shifting the remaining services especially hospitals and schools. He urged them to utilise alternative sources for ensuring uninterrupted supply of electricity, water, sui gas and other such services for saving patients, students and general public from inconvenience at these places. MPA Ch Shahbaz, Lahore Commissioner Abdullah Sunbal, DCO Muhammad Usman, CTO Tayyab Hafiz Cheema, LDA Chief Engineer Asrar Saeed, Wasa MD Ch Naseer Ahmad and other officers concerned attended the meeting.

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Nearest orange line station to railway station will be at 522 m distance. Hope they will build a covered walkway and a huge roundabout bridge in front of railway station same as Chungi Amar Sadhu. This place is such a mess and nightmare for pedestrians because of all those markets around station.


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That is 91 stations with average 10,000 people living in the vicinity of one station that project would provide service to about a million people in addition the project can rent at least two mini convenience stores per station to generate regular income for maintenance and upkeep, providing self employment opportunity to 184 people in addition to thousands other jobs directly linked with the project, reduce number of vehicles on the road and thus addressing traffic congestion and carbon foot print. A win win on all accounts

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pakistani cities have wide roads

Thorough Pro said:

Infrastructure construction is the best way to provide low level jobs to unskilled Pakistanis and give a boost to economy.

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There has been a lot of coverage of the Pakistani market and associated projects lately within the US economy houses. I've seen a few interviews last week and commercials. One statement shown on Bloomberg showed the Metro-Bus and some animation of a state of the art train system and said "Welcome Pakistan to the 21st century" and then it showed stock market returns in the top 3 across all markets. That's pretty big and clearly shows how much more investment is about to get to Pakistan. Good work and keep it up!