ISLAMABAD: The roads in federal capital are being revamped with the special grant of the prime minister by the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) maintenance department, while PM’s Secretariat had issued Rs 5 billion for the extension and construction of Express Highway.
This was revealed by CDA Chairman Maroof Afzal, while giving briefing to the Public Accounts Committee about the delay in construction of Family Suits for Parliamentarians.
The CDA chairman said that the civic body would be spent Rs 1.8 billion for widening and the extension of express highway said. As for as construction of Charah Dam was concerned, Maroof said that the completion date as per PC-I was April 2014 but work could be started due to the non-availability of land and manifold increase in the cost of the project.
About the Peshawar Morr Interchange project, he said that CDA was making efforts to complete it by March 23, 2016. He said that CDA the project was proposed in 2010 and the Federal Government had given additional Rs 5 billion for the construction/extension of Kahmir Highway interchange at the time of launching Metro Bus Project.
He said that the project was being executed by the Government of Punjab and CDA only had to transfer the Federal share of funds to them. Chairman said that efforts were being made to acquire the land for Charah Dam.
