RAWALPINDI, Jul 04:Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has allocated funds for ‘Kutchery and Defence Chowk’ underpasses in its fiscal year (FY) budget, approved by the 55th Governing Body of RDA.
According to a RDA spokesman, the Governing Body has approved the annual budget 2021-22 of RDA amounting to Rs 2329.005 million.
He said that two underpasses would be constructed at most overloaded intersections of the city, ‘Defence Chowk and Kutchery Chowk.’ Rs 2.2 billion would be spent to construct Defence Chowk underpass while Kutchery Chowk project would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 3.6 billion.
Kutchery Chowk would be first project of its own kind as two level underpasses would be constructed and the design would be introduced first time in Pakistan.
In the budget, Rs 1984 million has been allocated for new development projects, he said and informed that the ongoing development schemes including construction and widening of Dry Port Road from Rahimabad Flyover at Airport Road to Welfare Complex via Chaklala Railway Station Shell Depot, would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 50 million while construction work of three pedestrian bridges at Airport Road would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 69 million.
Meanwhile, a district administration spokesperson informed that PC-I of Rawalpindi Ring Road Project (RRRP) had been sent to the authorities concerned of Punjab Government for formal approval.
She said, efforts were being made to expedite the process and kick off the construction work on the project in August, this year.
She informed that 38 kilometer long RRRP would be constructed as per the original plan conceived and the Ring Road would start from ‘Banth’, G.T.Road and culminate at ‘Thalian’.
The Ring Road would help ease traffic congestion in the city, she added.
To a question she said that construction work on ‘Ammar Chowk’ underpass project is in full swing which would help ease traffic flow on the overloaded intersection.
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