2 weeks Ago By Mudassir Raja
Rawalpindi - Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif here on Thursday visited the sights of two ongoing road projects and reviewed the construction work, expressing satisfaction over the quality and speed of the work. The CM Punjab visited the Rawalpindi GPO underpass and Muhammad Nawaz Sharif flyover at Adiala Road project sites. The projects touted as the biggest project in the history of Rawalpindi by the Punjab administration will meet their completion deadlines this year, the CM was briefed.
The chief minister reviewed construction quality of the underpass project and also inspected ongoing construction activities. She responded to the enthusiasm of the workers working on the project by waving her hand. She directed the administration to ensure construction quality in the projects and to plant trees on the dual sides of the roads.
She was told during the briefing that two more underpasses will be built to make Rawalpindi’s Mall Road signal-free. Over 200,000 vehicles will be able to easily pass through the underpass on a daily basis. The construction of the underpass costing Rs 4.
38 billion will make it easier for Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology and the Military Hospital patients to cross the Mall Road. The road will be made signal-free for 26 kilometers. Senate committee pushes for centralized health data The CM was informed that 60 percent work on the underpass had been completed and the project would be completed by June this year.
The construction of 2,093 piles and girders of the underpass had been completed. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Flyover on Adiala Road will be completed at a cost of Rs 2.3 billion.
The construction work of the flyover has been completed by 85 percent and it would be completed by May 31. The briefing to the CM was given by the secretary C&W Punjab. It was informed in the briefing that installation of piles of the overhead bridge of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Flyover project had been completed.
As many as 56 girders of the flyover have been prepared, 32 girders have been installed on the flyover. The construction work of seven drains of the flyover is ongoing and boundary wall of the flyover has also been completed. The completion of the flyover will enable citizens to have direct access to the motorway and Rawalpindi Ring Road.
About 79,000 vehicles will benefit after the project. Experts recommend integrating Sirah studies as compulsory academic subject The CM was also informed that construction work was underway on 56 development projects in Rawalpindi Division. Member of National Assembly Tahira Aurangzeb, Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, Chief Secretary Zahid Zaman Akhtar and other senior officials were also present during the briefing.
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