The LRMTS is back again in the News with Governor Punjab Salman Taseer initiatives to start this Project. I hope he would be successful in this as Shahbaz Sharif was against this wonderful project ( I dont know why) which I think s not understandable as he is the one who is in the favor of modern transportation.
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* Meeting to review ADP decides to restart three mega projects
* Meeting told former government only started 1,500 projects out of a total of 3,000
LAHORE: Suspension of development work by the former government despite substantial technical progress is unjustified, Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer said on Wednesday.
Taseer was presiding over a meeting to review the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of the province at the Planning and Development Board. He said public welfare projects were important to attract foreign investment upon their completion.Projects: The meeting decided to re-launch three mega projects for public welfare, including the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System, the Lahore-Sialkot-Kharian Motorway, and an expressway on both flanks of Nullah Lai in Rawalpindi.The meeting was told that the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System would cost the government Rs 40 billion and would provide an elevated train system from Shahdara to Ghazi Road through Ravi Road, Lower Mall and Ferozepur Road.Taseer issued orders to resume the project of construction of motorway from Lahore to Kharian.
The 157-kilometre road would cost the government Rs 51 billion and would start from the Allama Iqbal International Airport.He approved the appointment of prominent construction engineer, Zubair Imran Khawaja, as the Lahore-Kharian Motorway project director. The meeting was told the project would be completed in three phases during the next four years. The three phases would cost Rs 51 billion.
The meeting also decided to restart the project of construction of expressway in Rawalpindi at a cost of Rs 17 billion. The government was told that the work of alignment of southern and northern loop of Lahore Ring Road was being completed expeditiously. Former government: The meeting was informed that the previous government only started 1,500 development projects out of a total of 3,000 under the Annual Development Programme. The total budget for the programme was Rs 160 billion and only Rs 38 billion had been spent on development projects by the former government.
The governor issued instructions to improve the periodic monitoring mechanism and the introduction of third-party validation system to ensure high quality construction work. He also approved an increase in budget for maintenance and repair of provincial highways from Rs 200 million to Rs 3 billion. staff report
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