This is the second time ............... I hope this would be implemented
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ISLAMABAD (April 24 2010): The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has initiated afresh hiring of consultant firms to conduct feasibility study of Mass Transit System for twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, following knock back by the earlier-hired firm excusing poor law and order situation.
The authority had earlier assigned the task to a Swedish firm M/s Rejlers and the firm was supposed to start feasibility study of the project within days but, it refused to do so, on the excuse of poor law and order situation. The CDA, too, awaited a positive response from the firm for about a year, but failing so, the CDA was compelled to re-initiate the project.
The civic body now has re-invited the expression of interest for consultancy proposals for a mass transit system for Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The authority has invited the firms having the experience of executing such projects locally or elsewhere in the world, solely or through a joint venture.
According to the CDA spokesman, the process of hiring the consultancy firm would be completed within three-month time as the April 30 has been set as deadline for expression of interest. The feasibility study would take another five to eight months and so far as the cost of the study is concerned, it would not exceed to previous one mounting to Rs 50 million.
The spokesman said once all the formalities are fulfilled, the project would take another two and half years to complete. "For Rawalpindi, it would be somewhat risky because there is hardly enough space for 'right of way' available to lay a 'surface rapid mass transit system', while in Islamabad we have plenty of space for laying a surface system," he said.
To a question, he said it is the firms to propose what would be the features of the mass transit system; however, he said it may comprise an efficient bus transport service, a mono-train for some feasible locations of the twin cities and other measures for smooth transport system.
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ISLAMABAD (April 24 2010): The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has initiated afresh hiring of consultant firms to conduct feasibility study of Mass Transit System for twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, following knock back by the earlier-hired firm excusing poor law and order situation.
The authority had earlier assigned the task to a Swedish firm M/s Rejlers and the firm was supposed to start feasibility study of the project within days but, it refused to do so, on the excuse of poor law and order situation. The CDA, too, awaited a positive response from the firm for about a year, but failing so, the CDA was compelled to re-initiate the project.
The civic body now has re-invited the expression of interest for consultancy proposals for a mass transit system for Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The authority has invited the firms having the experience of executing such projects locally or elsewhere in the world, solely or through a joint venture.
According to the CDA spokesman, the process of hiring the consultancy firm would be completed within three-month time as the April 30 has been set as deadline for expression of interest. The feasibility study would take another five to eight months and so far as the cost of the study is concerned, it would not exceed to previous one mounting to Rs 50 million.
The spokesman said once all the formalities are fulfilled, the project would take another two and half years to complete. "For Rawalpindi, it would be somewhat risky because there is hardly enough space for 'right of way' available to lay a 'surface rapid mass transit system', while in Islamabad we have plenty of space for laying a surface system," he said.
To a question, he said it is the firms to propose what would be the features of the mass transit system; however, he said it may comprise an efficient bus transport service, a mono-train for some feasible locations of the twin cities and other measures for smooth transport system.
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