{"id":17615,"date":"2023-06-26T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T10:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=17615"},"modified":"2023-06-26T15:21:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T10:21:45","slug":"engineering-incompetence-revealed-as-kalma-chowk-underpass-fails-in-heavy-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/engineering-incompetence-revealed-as-kalma-chowk-underpass-fails-in-heavy-rains\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Incompetence Revealed as Kalma Chowk Underpass Fails in Heavy Rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: In a stunning display of engineering incompetence, the Lahore Kalma Chowk Underpass is currently under scrutiny as torrential downpours expose its massive drainage flaws.<\/p>\n<p>The underpass was inaugurated a mere three months ago and was aimed to connect garden town and Liberty.<\/p>\n<p>However, authorities are struggling to cope with the task of evacuating water from this vital underpass, which Commuters are left to navigate through waterlogged passages, raising serious concerns about the functionality and efficiency of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, the CBD Punjab managed to complete the ambitious Kalma Chowk Underpass and CBD Punjab Boulevard project within an astonishingly short span of five months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lahore Kalma Chowk Underpass at the Moment.<br \/>This was Inaugurated 3months back during PSL8. But seems like there is a massive drainage flaws in it. As authorities still not able to evacuate water from it. This underpass connecting garden town and liberty<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lahore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lahore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kalmachowk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kalmachowk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RwqvJOuxPS\">pic.twitter.com\/RwqvJOuxPS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Usman Khan (@usmann_khann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usmann_khann\/status\/1673253997371596802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, the alarming price tag of over 4 billion rupees raises serious doubts about the judicious utilization of funds, leaving many to question whether this hefty investment has gone down the drain, both literally and figuratively.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/caretaker-cm-punjab-reviews-kalma-chowk-remodeling-cbd-boulevard-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"u9f94503f6a339fbe5414761205e78576\"><style> .u9f94503f6a339fbe5414761205e78576 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .u9f94503f6a339fbe5414761205e78576:active, .u9f94503f6a339fbe5414761205e78576:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u9f94503f6a339fbe5414761205e78576 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u9f94503f6a339fbe5414761205e78576 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u9f94503f6a339fbe5414761205e78576 .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u9f94503f6a339fbe5414761205e78576:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">Caretaker CM Punjab Reviews Kalma Chowk Remodeling, CBD Boulevard Project<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Interestingly, the New Rawal Dam Underpass in Islamabad paints a similar picture. Completed back in October of the previous year, this underpass has also fallen victim to unresolved drainage issues.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that authorities are grappling with a recurring theme of inadequate planning and execution, resulting in costly oversights that compromise the functionality of these crucial infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>As Lahore&#8217;s Kalma Chowk Underpass struggles to cope with the aftermath of record-breaking torrential downpours and the New Rawal Dam Underpass in Islamabad faces its own set of challenges, authorities are now under increasing pressure to address these glaring flaws.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens rightly demand accountability and effective solutions to ensure that taxpayer funds are not squandered on ill-conceived endeavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: In a stunning display of engineering incompetence, the Lahore Kalma Chowk Underpass is currently under scrutiny as torrential downpours expose its massive drainage flaws. The underpass was inaugurated a mere three months ago and was aimed to connect garden town and Liberty. However, authorities are struggling to cope with the task of evacuating water from this vital underpass, which Commuters are left to navigate through waterlogged passages, raising serious\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Engineering-Incompetence-Revealed-as-Kalma-Chowk-Underpass-Fails-in-Heavy-Rains.jpg",1280,720,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Engineering-Incompetence-Revealed-as-Kalma-Chowk-Underpass-Fails-in-Heavy-Rains.jpg",1280,720,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Engineering-Incompetence-Revealed-as-Kalma-Chowk-Underpass-Fails-in-Heavy-Rains.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_name":"Nazzir Zaidi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"Engineering Incompetence Revealed as Kalma Chowk Underpass Fails in Heavy Rains","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=17615","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}