LAHORE: Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan has directed that integrated planning should be ensured and related agencies must be on the same page before the construction work to make development works as useful as possible. The provincial minister issued these directions while presiding over the review meeting of developmental works in different areas of NA-129 and PP-157 & PP-158 on Sunday. Aleem Khan said that tenders for Zarar Shaheed Road Lahore Cantonment have been approved which would be constructed at a cost of Rs165 million while Baja Line Road will be completed at a cost of Rs5.5 million soon. He said that a grant of Rs100 million would be spent in PP-158 while development schemes of Rs42.5 million have been allocated for PP-157. The additional grant of Rs52.5 million will be spent in NA-129 to solve public problems. Khan said that sewerage, PCC and road carpeting works in different areas of NA-129 are being carried out on priority basis. He directed WASA, MCL and Cantonment Board to hold joint meetings to resolve road construction issues well before time. He directed that the development works could be improved as much as possible.
He said that developmental projects have been completed in different areas including Basti Syedan Shah, Mian Mir Colony, Qasim Pura and Shah Jamal while Dharmapura, Gondi Pir, Jinnah Park and Ahata Molchand areas are being also uplifted and their development schemes are also in the pipeline.
Khan said that these development projects are of equal importance to all areas of NA-129 and PP-157 and 158 beyond political affiliation with the aim of alleviating the hardships of the citizens.
On this occasion, Khan was given a briefing by the coordinators about the pace of work on development projects in their respective areas and details of projects completed so far was told accordingly. TLTP
