RAWALPINDI:Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Liaquat Ali Chatta chairing a meeting held here on Monday regarding Rawalpindi Kahota-Azad Patan Road directed the authorities to complete the construction work on the project in three months.
Deputy Commissioner, Sudhnoti, Raja Sadaqat Khan, Director Development Nazia Sudhan, Director Local Government, Sabatin Kazmi, Assistant Commissioner Kahota, Fazlur Rehman, Xeon Highway Azad Jammu Kashmir, Nadeem Sarwar, SDO Muhammad Owais, Xeon Highway Umeer Ahmed, Deputy Director Community Development Mazhar Nadeem and other officers concerned attended the meeting.
The repair and rehabilitation work of Kahota-Azad Patan Road should be completed in three months, the Commissioner said adding, a target of planting 85,000 saplings along the road had also been set.
Liaquat Ali Chatta said that Kahota Panjar-Azad Patan thoroughfare is a very important road which is strategically important as a defense route and also main link to Azad Kashmir.
Some portions of this road were a
ffected by heavy transport, landslides and water, he added.
The Kroot Company was taken on board and it would start work on S-5 from February 1 after completing its necessary operations, he informed.
The Commissioner directed the administration of Rawalpindi and Azad Kashmir to ensure the provision of security and other facilities to the engineers in this regard.
Funds amounting to Rs 1299.103 million were approved for widening and repair of the 31 km long Kahota-Panjar Azad Patan Road in Tehsil Kahota. 66 percent of the released funds had already been utilized, he said.
Section G-1 i.e. 0-18 km of the project had been completed, the Commissioner said adding, work on G-II i.e. next seven km is still in progress while a detailed design of the S-5 had also been submitted.
Immediately after approval of the design, work on it would be started in the next month of February, Liaquat Ali Chatta added.
He said that under the plan of the project, a target of planting 85,000 trees along the road had been set.
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e Commissioner also instructed the officers to ensure a higher survival rate, the plants having at least 5 feet height should be planted.