LAHORE The Punjab government, on special orders of Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqviof Punjab has decided to permanently remove temporary encroachments on 32 major roads of the city.
A special meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Punjab CM, in which proposals were reviewed to remove obstacles in the flow of traffic in provincial metropolis. The CM ordered that encroachments should be removed immediately, and vehicular traffic should be run on better alternative routes in the face of development projects.
The chief minister also directed TEPA to restructure roads and intersections at 32 places.
Awan Town and Multan Chungi Chowk will be redesigned on the Thokar Niaz Baig to Chaubarji Multan Road. The proposal to build an underpass from Jinnah Hospital to Karim Block was also reviewed in the meeting, while it was also agreed to solve the issue of road-engineering at 135 places.
Joint squads of police, traffic police and MCL will be deployed at 32 places, the chief minister also directed immedi
ate steps to complete the patchwork of roads.
Inspector General Police Usman Anwar, Commissioner Lahore Muhammad Ali Randhawa, CCPO Bilal Siddique Kamiana, Deputy Commissioner Rafia Haider, DIG Traffic Police, CTO Lahore, Chief Engineer LDA, Chief Engineer TEPA, DIG Operations and all concerned officials attended the meeting.
LAHORE Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on Sunday underlined the need for exploiting the untapped potential of renewable energy resources in the country to minimize carbon emission in the environment and reduce the import bill.
Addressing the opening ceremony of LONGi Solar’s Lahore office, he said renewable energy resources such as solar and wind were abundantly present in Pakistan and there was a strong need to reap its benefits.
He said currently the country produced 58.8 per cent of its electricity through expensive and unaffordable means such as coal and fuel that not only impacted the environment adversely but also economy, trade and people.
The minister said the previous government approved 10,000 megawatts solar energy projects and efforts were underway to materialize them. However, the next elected government and parliament should also continue the same policy for betterment of the country.
He congratulate the LONGi Solar for achieving
the milestone and expressed his gratitude for China that had been supporting Pakistan’s initiatives for energy production through renewable energy resources.