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Location: Murree Road, Rawalpindi

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Rs 30 billion to be spent on providing basic amenities to Rawalpindi
Written by pub
Friday, 09 February 2007

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (APP): A sum of over Rs 30 billion would be spent for providing basic amenities to Rawalpindi district during the next couple of years, District Nazim Rawalpindi Raja Muhammad Javed Ikhlas said Friday.

Talking to PTV, he said an efficient monitoring system has been devised for ensuring transparency and ontime completion of various projects ranging from provision of sanitation, clean drinking water, electricity and transport facilities to the people of Potohar region.

Planning has been finalised to construct multi billion 6.5 km long ‘Alleviated Expressway Flyover’ over Murree road from Marir to Chandani Chowk Rawalpindi.

FWO would initiate construction work on Rs 1.26 billion road expansion project from Ketchery to Airport next month.A flyover on Railway bridge would also be constructed there, he said.

Marrir Chowk was being connected with IJ Principle road at New Katarian bridge by constructing expressway on both banks of Nullah Leh.

Rawalpindi ring road project is aimed at giving safe passage to heavy traffic going to Lahore from Taxila without passing through the city areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

The Ring Road would commence from Rawat and pass through Bahria Town, DHA, Adila Road, Dhamial, Chakri road, Hajj Complex and terminate at Motorway interchange.

New strategy has been devised ensuring provision of proper drainage and other necessary facilities first before commencing the construction of new roads.

State-of-the-art road equipped with footpaths and drainage system in A and C blocks have recently been completed with Rs 65 million.

One portion of road connecting Chorr Chowk to Misrael have also been completed with Rs 50 million, he said.
For providing efficient transport facilities to the dwellers of Rawalpindi city busses have already started plying on 11 routes connecting various ares of the city.

Negotiations are in final stages with numerous parties to initiate efficient transport system on remaining routs of city.

115 km mettled form to market road have been constructed during the last couple of years in rural areas of the district, he said and added that all villages of the district having 10 or more houses would be electrified by December.

Water filtration plants would also be installed at each union council of various villages of the district.The project is set to be initiated in April next and completed in December 2007, he informed.

For alleviating water shortage in the city 60 new tubewells would start functioning by March next.Sewage system was also being improved in the city with Rs 3 billion.

It has been decided to introduce meter system for judicious usage of water and ascertaining billing in accordance with the usage.
Work has already initiated on a sewerage treatment plant established on 6,000 canals land purchased recently at Adiala Rawalpindi. Sewage water would be brought to plant through a tunnel from Nullah Leh. The recycled water would be used for irrigation and other purposes.

According to a report of JAICA, Rawalpindi produces 10 million tonne waste daily. While city government has the capacity to dispose off 600 million tonnes.

Within the next three months the city government will be able to lift hundred percent garbage from the city as a number of new dumpers has been purchased. Motorcycle rickshaws have also been procured for lifting the garbage from narrow streets of the old city areas.

Furthermore 150 containers have been acquired and placed at different union councils for onward lifting and disposal.
A 650 canal land 35 km away from Rawalpindi has been purchased for dumping the garbage. Tender has already been floated for establishing a recycling plant there to produce bio-gas and electricity from trash.

In a bid to save forests, natural gas has been provided to Murree with Rs 80.4 million. A sum of Rs 2.5 billion would be spent for providing clean drinking water to Murree and new Murree areas from the river Jhelum.It can also be extended upto cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

Tahsil headquarter hospital Kahuta is being upgraded with Rs 10.3 million. State of the art gynecology facilities has been provided to people. An X-ray machine has also been provided in it.

He himself will inaugurate these facilities next week.

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Punjab CM Okays elevated expressway project

* Rs 13 billion project will be completed in two years

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday gave a go ahead for the project of elevated expressway from Secretariat-II to Chandni Chowk, Murree Road. The project will be completed in two years at a cost of Rs13 billion. The CM was addressing a meeting at Islamabad International Airport on Wednesday. Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Ch. Nisar Ali Khan, MNA Khwaja Muhammad Asif, Rawalpindi Commissioner Zahid Saeed, RPO, Additional IG Muhammad Aslam Tareen, DCO Imdadullah Bosal, CPO Rao Muhammad Iqbal, NESPAK Vice President Qazi Iftikhar and other concerned officers were present. Sharif said elevated expressway should be completed expeditiously for the provision of better transport facilities to the citizens of Rawalpindi and to solve traffic problems on this important road. He said all details regarding contract and construction of the project should be completed without any delay. He said due to the high cost of the project of elevated expressway, the purpose of considering various options was to ensure proper utilization of public money so that funds could be saved and utilised on other schemes of public welfare. He said the amended project of expressway would considerably solve traffic problems of Rawalpindi and better communication facilities would become available to the masses. Saeed and Iftikhar told Daily Times that due to heavy cost of the project of elevated expressway on Murree Road the CM had issued instructions last month to rationalize the expenditure and after reports of various committees the project had been prepared. They said earlier the project envisaged construction of expressway from Mall Road to Double Road at an estimated cost of Rs 30 billion. They said a detailed study was conducted to reduce the cost of the project. Moreover, two under passes would be constructed at Sixth Road Chowk and Double Road Chowk to make BBS Road signal free up to Faizabad, they added. They said the elevated expressway would be 4.5km long and would have two lanes on each side.