Daily Times

LAHORE: The Governing Body of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Tuesday granted administrative approval for undertaking three development projects in the city at a cost of Rs 830 million.

Advisor to the Punjab Chief Minister and LDA Governing Body member Khawaja Ahmad Hassan chaired the meeting, which was attended by members of the Punjab Assembly including Muhammad Akhtar (Lahore), Rana Muhammad Arshad (Nankana Sahib) and Muhammad Yaqub Nadeem Sethi (Kasur), LDA Director General Nabeel Javed, Additional Director General Amina Munir, Chief Engineer Asrar Saeed, Chief Metropolitan Planner Waheed Ahmad Butt and Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad along with representatives of the provincial local government, housing, planning and development and finance departments.

The governing body gave a go ahead for undertaking the project for widening, improvement and rehabilitation of 4.7 kilometre-long part of Defence Road from Labour Colony in Raiwind Road to Shahkam Chowk at a cost of Rs 736 million. Right-of-way of the road would be 70 feet and would include a two-lane dual carriageway with three feet median and LED lights. A bridge would also be constructed on the nearby drain as part of the project.

The meeting also permitted LDA for development of six flyover gardens in the city with a cost of Rs 91 million. The project would be sponsored by LDA and executed by the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA).

Six locations of the city, including Azadi Chowk Flyover, MAO College Rotary, Muslim Town Flyover, Thokar Niaz Baig Flyover, Lahore Bridge and Shinghai Bridge, have been identified for this purpose and land adjacent to these infrastructures would be beautified with horticulture works under this project.

It was revealed in the meeting that LDA would also carry out beautification and improvement of Shadman Underpass at a cost of Rs 5.1 million. Artistic design work, paintwork and electrical work would be executed at this location under this project, it was informed.