A new route connecting Margalla Avenue and the M1 has been approved by the federal government. The Rs. 5.45 billion project was approved by the civic body’s chairman, Noor-ul-Mengal, at a meeting of the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) Development Working Party (DWP) and will be completed in eight months.
The interchange at N5 is also included in the project. Margalla Avenue, which runs from G.T. Road to D-12, will be connected to the new section of the 5-kilometer-long road from D-12 to E-11. This section is currently under construction and will be finished soon.
The civic agency is also preparing for the construction of the projected 11th Avenue, which would run from E-11 to the Srinagar Highway, to relieve traffic congestion on Margalla Avenue and other routes.
Alexander Road Construction Halt
On Wednesday, a senate committee ordered CDA to cease building a road from Shah Allah Ditta that crosses the Margalla Hills National Park and connects the capital to Haripur. The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change meeting issued this instruction.
Chairwoman of Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) Rina Saeed Khan briefed the committee that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) initiated the project without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
The chairwoman later quoted the Islamabad High Court (IHC) rulings prohibiting development in conservation areas. She alleged that CDA is building the road for real estate, not local communities and visitors.
Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman stressed the necessity for a clear boundary to stop encroachments. She also discussed her efforts to stop the construction of a road through the national park by contacting relevant officials.
Do something for the residents of Punjab as well. It seems that CDA is there to facilitate Kashmiris and Pukhtoons only. Why no direct connection from Kallar Syedan and other regions to Islamabad?.
For the past 75 years, the world of money & facilitation is surrounded by Punjab may it be construction projects, educational endeavors, job & education quotas, international food chains and others. With the exception of shedding blood in the name of war on terror & Islam for the crook generals and their puppet politicians to earn money, misery and scorn what else the Pashtuns & Balochs have earned, yet you have the audacity to claim that CDA is facilitating Pashtuns only? Btw who is getting facilitated by IJP road and Kashmir highway? Compare the number of motorways & highways constructed in Punjab alone with that of Pashtunkhwa & Balochistan combined.
@Muhammad Shehreyar Pushtoons are the biggest smuggler group of Pakistan right now. They have attacked Punjab for centuries and looted Punjabis in the past. They are living in their tribal mindset and one of the most racist people in Pakistan. You guys enjoy in Punjab but have the audacity to spit on Punjabis whenever feel necessary. Pushtoon generals like Yahya Khan laid the foundation of Marshal law in Pakistan. Also Generals like Zia and Musharraf were not Punjabis.
Pushtoon Establishment always make sure that no Punjabi CM Punjab or Prime Minister will ever come from Punjabis. That is why sometimes Imran Khan or sometimes Nawaz Sharif is promoted in Punjab. Punjabis are never even given the chance to rule their own province because of Crooked ISI and their Pushtoon, Urdu speaker, Seraiki and Sindhi Establishment.
The politician of Panjab are famous for horse trading, they are available for a small amount to be purchased for any party, that’s why Politically Panjab has no leader to lead their own province. Politician from panjab has no vision and no ideology except to earn money by changing parties.
You seem blind. There are number of roads connected from Islamabad to Punjab. Is CDA is servant of Kallar Saidan???
Great news appreciated