Punjab government approves 17 development schemes
The Punjab government has approved seventeen development schemes with an estimated cost of Rs 24034.410 million. The approval was given in the meetings of the provincial development working party of current financial year 2012-13 presided over by Planning and Development Board Chairman, Javaid Aslam.
The approved schemes include:
(1) Pakpattan Canal & Sulemanki Barrage Improvement Project (PCSBIP) Tranch-3 of PIAIP at the cost of Rs 9,231.90 million.
(2) Lahore Ring Road (Package-3C) Construction of Underpass at Karol Ghatti on Ring Road, Lahore at the cost of Rs 735.111 million.
(3) Lahore Ring Road (Package-12 A) Construction of Underpass at Bhaini Road on Ring Road, Lahore at the cost of Rs 533.316 million.
(4) Construction of Metro Bus Transit System for Lahore-Ferozepur Road Corridor, Erection of Escalators and Platform Screen Doors at MTS Stations Package-IX (Revised) at the cost of Rs 3,430.905 million.
(5) Widening & Improvement of Road from Badiana-Bhagowal-Merajke-Charwa Road (length=27.00 Km) District Sialkot at the cost of Rs 319.000 million.
(6) Feasibility study for Construction of Bridge on River Ravi at Qutab Shahana in District Sahiwal (Topographic Survey, Model Study and Soil Investigation etc at the cost of Rs 9.78 million.
(7) Construction of Underpass along Canal at Abdullahpur Chowk, Faisalabad at the cost of Rs 1127.762 million.
(8) Surveying, Soil Investigation, Feasibility Study and Detailed Design etc of proposed Bridge over River Indus in District Layyah at the cost of Rs 17.560 million.
(9) Widening/improvement of Qazi Abad MM Road to Nawan Kot and provision of missing links (length 33.07 km) in District Layyah at the cost of Rs 247.294 million.
(10) Construction of Bypass for Khan Pur City from Pakistan Chowk to Grid Station (length=9.50 km) Distirct Rahimyar Khan at the cost of Rs 301.353 million.
(11) Improvement / Rehabilitation of M.M. Alam Road from Hussain Chowk to Main Boulevard, Gulberg, Lahore at the cost of Rs 404.460 million.
(12) Construction of Flyover at Peshawar Road near Pirwadai, Rawalpindi at the cost of Rs 1617.992 million.
(13) Construction of High Level Bridge Over River Jhelum at Langarwala Pattan to Sahiwal in Sargodha/Khushab District (Re-Construction of connecting road L=10 km) at the cost of Rs 302.810 million.
(14) Construction of road from Qadirabad to Pindi Bhattian via Chak Chatta in District Hafizabad length=66.55 kms at the cost of Rs 715.588 million.
(15) Widening/Improvement of Road from Adda Jahan Khan to Kotala Jam via 36 Wala Khokha & Samlan Wala Morr (Length 22.00 km) in District Bhakkar at the cost of Rs 252.406million.
(16) Dualization of Road from Arif Wala to Bahawalnagar Road Reach Km No 24.00 to 40.93 km (length:16.93 km) District Bahawalnagar at the cost of Rs 569.239 million.
(17) Widening/Improvement of Road from Bahawalpur Bypass to Chungi No 9 Multan length=5.21 Km in Multan City (Revised) at the cost of Rs 4217.986 million.
6th Road Flyover work: Alternative traffic plan finalised, Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI:
The city administration has finalised the traffic plan for the construction of Sixth Road Flyover, work on which is expected to formally begin on Monday following the groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday.
The Rawalpindi District Coordination Officer Saqib Zafar was given a briefing on the traffic plan during a meeting held at his office on Thursday.
According to the plan chalked out by the Rawalpindi City Traffic Police,
all signals on the Muree Road from Chandni Chowk to Stadium Road will remain close for 120 days – the estimated time for the project’s completion.
During this period, traffic from Saddar to Faizabad would be diverted to Chandni Chowk, National Market, Saidpur Road, IJP Road and Double Road, while traffic in the opposite side would be shifted to Farooq-e-Azam Road, Kurri Road, rawal/guywala Chowk and Chandni Chowk.
It was also decided that the traffic police and Punjab highways would jointly prepare direction boards and banners on both sides of BB Road to guide commuters, while the Rawal Town Tehsil Municipal Administration has been directed to remove encroachments from Saidpur Road and Kurri Road.
In addition, people have been urged to cooperate with the police and concerned departments to ensure smooth traffic flow and the project’s timely completion.
The meeting also discussed the expansion of Chur Chowk Road and Pirwadhai Underpass.
Peshawar Northern Bypass : Work to be completed within 3 months
Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan has said that the work
on Peshawar Northern Bypass, which connects GT Road with Charsadda Road, would be completed within next three months while the road be opened for traffic.
He expressed these views while addressing a meeting in National Highway Authority (NHA) office, attended by Member Provincial Assembly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Malik Tamash Khan, officers of NHA and representatives of the contractor.
The minister said that all funds had been provided to the contractor and that there was no hindrance in the completion of project. He added that the NHA was following a policy wherein funds were being provided to the contractors well in time so that all projects could be completed.
MPA Malik Tamash, who was representing the area residents, said that people had great expectations from the project while its timely completion would benefit them to a great extent. He also raised the issue of payments to the landowners on which the federal minister assured that landowners to whom award had been given would soon be compensated.
Federal Communications Minister Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil said that Peshawar Northern Bypass, worth Rs 12 billion, was a great project not only for Peshawar but also for the whole province. The construction of Phase-I of this project that runs from GT Road to Charsadda Road is in its final stages and tenders for Phase-II and Phase-III have already been floated.
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