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Ferry service: Another transport project in Punjab
FAISALABAD: The Punjab government will launch its first ferry service in March next year in a move aimed at utilising waterways for transportation purpose.
This will be the first step towards cutting transportation cost and reducing traffic congestion on roads.
The project titled ‘Inland Transportation’ by the Inland Water Transport Development Company (IWTDC) will be inaugurated in March 2016, said IWTDC Director Aamer Saleemi while talking to The Express Tribune.
He said that the project will provide cheap cargo and passenger transportation services, cut transport cost by 50% vis-à-vis road and railway mode of transportation.
In the first phase, the service will start from Daudkhel to Attock.
The Punjab government has set up the project at an equity of Rs200 million with authorised capital is Rs500 million. The head office is located in Rawalpindi while operational facilities are being established at Daudkhel and at three field camps along the River Indus, Saleemi added.
Multinational shipping companies have shown interest to invest in the project and the bidding to select a private company to run the services will start next month, he added. The Punjab government has purchased the first ferry for this project and the rest of the ferries, river craft and ships will be the responsibility of the company that wins the project, said Saleemi.
Saleemi added that unfortunately, the utilisation of river and canal system in Pakistan for transporting goods and passengers has never been seriously pursued.
The Indus River Channel carried out an initial survey with the support of Pakistan Navy. A group of entrepreneurs from the private sector provided the funding to evaluate the feasibility of this channel while retired navy officers supervised the project.
He said initial environmental and social impact assessment report was completed in November this year. The key objectives of the preliminary study was to determine the impact on the environment, ecosystem and social activities along the 480 kilometres (km) tract between Attock to Daudkhel, and Daudkhel to Taunsa for re-introducing a formal Indus Water transport system to carry passengers and cargo.
Facilitating devotees: Ferry service to Iran from next month
Techno-Consultant International (TCI) of Karachi undertook this assignment.
The report maintains that there are no serious environmental impacts of the project.
Waterways benefits
He added that one litre of fuel can take one ton of cargo up to 180km over waterways as compared to 25km by road or 75km by rail. The saving in fuel and in foreign exchange is phenomenal, said Saleemi.
He added that the cost of waterways transportation is 80% lower than the cost of constructing highways, railways and roads. The cost of maintaining waterways is marginal as well.
He said the initiative would also provide a boost to dying tourism.
“Waterways are environmentally friendlier than road and rail network due to less fuel usage,” said Saleemi. “Additionally, the terrible loss of life in accidents on unsafe roads, as huge volumes of cargo are hauled across, can be reduced considerably.
“It will also provide investment and job opportunities and promote river transport. Several main rivers and canals in Pakistan have the potential for navigation and transport goods and passengers after remodelling.”
The load projections of transporting goods from south to north and on horizontal reaches cannot be handled by road and rail systems alone, said Saleemi. The waterways project will lessen the load on roads.
The project will introduce an alternate mode of transport as over 96% of the country’s passenger traffic as well as domestic, international and transit trade is currently handled by a fleet of heavily out-dated and overloaded road sector.
Ferry service: Another transport project in Punjab – this time waterways - The Express Tribune
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Punjab Govt approves establishment of 12 new girls degree colleges
The Punjab government has accorded approval to establish 12 new girls' degree colleges with the cost of over 1 billion rupees in Gujranwala for providing higher educational facilities to women at local level.
This was stated by Director Colleges Gujranwala, Ghulam Sarwar Sapra in Hafizabad Tuesday.
He said that construction work on these projects would start in next month and would complete during 26 months.
He said that two colleges would be established in districts Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin each, four in Sialkot and each in Narowal and Gujrat.
http://www.radio.gov.pk/newsdetail/68056/7
FAISALABAD: The Punjab government will launch its first ferry service in March next year in a move aimed at utilising waterways for transportation purpose.
This will be the first step towards cutting transportation cost and reducing traffic congestion on roads.
The project titled ‘Inland Transportation’ by the Inland Water Transport Development Company (IWTDC) will be inaugurated in March 2016, said IWTDC Director Aamer Saleemi while talking to The Express Tribune.
He said that the project will provide cheap cargo and passenger transportation services, cut transport cost by 50% vis-à-vis road and railway mode of transportation.
In the first phase, the service will start from Daudkhel to Attock.
The Punjab government has set up the project at an equity of Rs200 million with authorised capital is Rs500 million. The head office is located in Rawalpindi while operational facilities are being established at Daudkhel and at three field camps along the River Indus, Saleemi added.
Multinational shipping companies have shown interest to invest in the project and the bidding to select a private company to run the services will start next month, he added. The Punjab government has purchased the first ferry for this project and the rest of the ferries, river craft and ships will be the responsibility of the company that wins the project, said Saleemi.
Saleemi added that unfortunately, the utilisation of river and canal system in Pakistan for transporting goods and passengers has never been seriously pursued.
The Indus River Channel carried out an initial survey with the support of Pakistan Navy. A group of entrepreneurs from the private sector provided the funding to evaluate the feasibility of this channel while retired navy officers supervised the project.
He said initial environmental and social impact assessment report was completed in November this year. The key objectives of the preliminary study was to determine the impact on the environment, ecosystem and social activities along the 480 kilometres (km) tract between Attock to Daudkhel, and Daudkhel to Taunsa for re-introducing a formal Indus Water transport system to carry passengers and cargo.
Facilitating devotees: Ferry service to Iran from next month
Techno-Consultant International (TCI) of Karachi undertook this assignment.
The report maintains that there are no serious environmental impacts of the project.
Waterways benefits
He added that one litre of fuel can take one ton of cargo up to 180km over waterways as compared to 25km by road or 75km by rail. The saving in fuel and in foreign exchange is phenomenal, said Saleemi.
He added that the cost of waterways transportation is 80% lower than the cost of constructing highways, railways and roads. The cost of maintaining waterways is marginal as well.
He said the initiative would also provide a boost to dying tourism.
“Waterways are environmentally friendlier than road and rail network due to less fuel usage,” said Saleemi. “Additionally, the terrible loss of life in accidents on unsafe roads, as huge volumes of cargo are hauled across, can be reduced considerably.
“It will also provide investment and job opportunities and promote river transport. Several main rivers and canals in Pakistan have the potential for navigation and transport goods and passengers after remodelling.”
The load projections of transporting goods from south to north and on horizontal reaches cannot be handled by road and rail systems alone, said Saleemi. The waterways project will lessen the load on roads.
The project will introduce an alternate mode of transport as over 96% of the country’s passenger traffic as well as domestic, international and transit trade is currently handled by a fleet of heavily out-dated and overloaded road sector.
Ferry service: Another transport project in Punjab – this time waterways - The Express Tribune
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Shaukat Khanum cancer hospital inaugurated in Peshawar
CM launches Khidmat Card Scheme
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Punjab Govt approves establishment of 12 new girls degree colleges
The Punjab government has accorded approval to establish 12 new girls' degree colleges with the cost of over 1 billion rupees in Gujranwala for providing higher educational facilities to women at local level.
This was stated by Director Colleges Gujranwala, Ghulam Sarwar Sapra in Hafizabad Tuesday.
He said that construction work on these projects would start in next month and would complete during 26 months.
He said that two colleges would be established in districts Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin each, four in Sialkot and each in Narowal and Gujrat.
http://www.radio.gov.pk/newsdetail/68056/7
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chashma 4 nuclear power plant is in function.
C3 and C4 Nuclear Power Plants | 2,880 MW | U/C
These are the Commission dates
Unit 3: June 08, 2016 340 MW
Unit 4: March 06, 2017 340 MW
unit 5 planned (or maybe under construction ) 1000 MW
On March 2013, Pakistan and China agreed to build an ACP 1000 MW CHASNUPP-5
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chashma 4 nuclear power plant is in function.
C3 and C4 Nuclear Power Plants | 2,880 MW | U/C
These are the Commission dates
Unit 3: June 08, 2016 340 MW
Unit 4: March 06, 2017 340 MW
unit 5 planned (or maybe under construction ) 1000 MW
On March 2013, Pakistan and China agreed to build an ACP 1000 MW CHASNUPP-5
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Risalpur Locomotive Factory
Railways promoting indigenous manufacturing of coaches
The Pakistan Railway has finalised a PC-I for procurement of 250 coaches out of which 186 will be manufactured in its Carriage Factory Islamabad (CFI).
The PC-1 has been forwarded to planning commission for approval. A tender to procure 800 high capacity hopper wagons would soon be floated, out of which 595 wagons will be manufactured at CFI, an official told APP.
He said that Pakistan Railways’ annual production capacity of CFI was 120 coaches and during last two years it had produced, rehabilitated and repaired 225 passenger coaches in the factory – 132 during 2013-14 and 93 during 2014-15.
Similarly, during previous two years, the number of productivity was 24 coaches in 2011-12 and 40 coaches in 2012-13, the official added.
Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approves 5.86 billion rupees for Pakistan Railways.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council has approved 15.86 billion rupees for Islamabad Safe City Project.
The committee, which met with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the chair in Islamabad today, also approved 5.86 billion rupees for Pakistan Railways.
Approval was also given for purchasing twenty railway bogies and five hundred and eighty-five hopper vans for carrying coal.
80 % work on innovative e-ticketing system completed to facilitate railway passengers: Saad
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (APP): Minister for Railways, Khawaja Saad Rafique on Wednesday said work was in progress to introduce an innovative e-ticketing system to facilitate millions of passengers travelling through this mode of communication. Around 80 percent work on this system has been completed and expected to be operationlized by June next year, he said this at a briefing session, organized here by Pakistan Institute of Legislative and Development and Transparency (PILDAT) in connection with launch of a report entitled Pakistan Railways: A Performance Analysis.
Railways promoting indigenous manufacturing of coaches
The Pakistan Railway has finalised a PC-I for procurement of 250 coaches out of which 186 will be manufactured in its Carriage Factory Islamabad (CFI).
The PC-1 has been forwarded to planning commission for approval. A tender to procure 800 high capacity hopper wagons would soon be floated, out of which 595 wagons will be manufactured at CFI, an official told APP.
He said that Pakistan Railways’ annual production capacity of CFI was 120 coaches and during last two years it had produced, rehabilitated and repaired 225 passenger coaches in the factory – 132 during 2013-14 and 93 during 2014-15.
Similarly, during previous two years, the number of productivity was 24 coaches in 2011-12 and 40 coaches in 2012-13, the official added.
Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approves 5.86 billion rupees for Pakistan Railways.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council has approved 15.86 billion rupees for Islamabad Safe City Project.
The committee, which met with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the chair in Islamabad today, also approved 5.86 billion rupees for Pakistan Railways.
Approval was also given for purchasing twenty railway bogies and five hundred and eighty-five hopper vans for carrying coal.
80 % work on innovative e-ticketing system completed to facilitate railway passengers: Saad
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (APP): Minister for Railways, Khawaja Saad Rafique on Wednesday said work was in progress to introduce an innovative e-ticketing system to facilitate millions of passengers travelling through this mode of communication. Around 80 percent work on this system has been completed and expected to be operationlized by June next year, he said this at a briefing session, organized here by Pakistan Institute of Legislative and Development and Transparency (PILDAT) in connection with launch of a report entitled Pakistan Railways: A Performance Analysis.
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@Muhammad Omar Will NIIA be operational till Oct_2016 or it will be functional in Jun_2017New Islamabad International Airport
Sign board Start to appearing on Kashmir Highway..
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@Muhammad Omar Will NIIA be operational till Oct_2016 or it will be functional in Jun_2017
Sign board Start to appearing on Kashmir Highway..
Abhi Islamabad Chock se Airport tk Road bnana baki hai dekho kb tk bnti hai.... plus Islamabad Airport ki Extension ho rai hai lag ni rha k Oct 2016 tk open ho Oct 2017 kaha ja skta hai
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Near that board there is a roundabout and in this highway i stuck for 2 hours traffic jam caused by that roundabout ..
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That Roundabout is called Islamabad Chock... there should be one flyover or underpass that leave to G-13 without disturbing the flow of Traffic and causing traffic jam
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As someone who goes through this torture twice everyday, I second you.
Situation becomes particularly frustrating on weekends and during evenings when that small roundabout is inundated with a barrage of vehicles heading Lahore and Peshawar from Islamabad via motorways. Those who're coming back from interior Islamabad to their homes in G-13/14 area are unavoidably caught in this vortex (pun intended), protracting their journey to excruciating length.
I hope authorities have something planned at this crucial junction, preferably along the lines of Peshawar Morr Interchange that would allow unrestricted flow of traffic to and from all directions.
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CDA to complete signal-free corridor costing Rs 7 billion
ISLAMABAD: Owing to increase in estimated cost of signal free corridor, a project of Expressway, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has itself prepared the design of phase-2 and 3 of project respectively with the total cost of Rs seven billion that was estimated to complete with the total cost of approximately Rs 28 billion by private construction company.
Credible sources told that CDA has changed the design of 21-kilometer long single free project and now it would complete this project with the total cost of Rs seven billion.
“The quotations are invited for the signal free project from Zero point to Rawat to make it on the formula of design and bullet that was rejected due to increase in estimated cost”, sources added and maintained that Rs 570 million which were saved from the phase-one of the Expressway, the management of civic agency has decided to spend this amount on the design of Faizabad interchange and other renovation work.
Sources further told that administration of civic agency has changed the design of phase-2 and 3 of Expressway project respectively due to increase in estimated cost. Prior to this, CDA has decided to make this project on the formula of design and bullet. However, due to increase in estimated cost of Rs 28 billion, this project has been rejected. CDA has itself decided to prepare this project with the total cost of Rs seven billion. Under this project, eight underpasses and three interchanges would be constructed.
The phase-one of the project not only was completed within the record period of three-month and 17 days but Rs 570 million have been saved from the estimated cost.
CDA would invite tenders on self-prepared design of the project in February 2016 to construct interchanges on the venues including Faizabad, Sohan, Lethrare and Koral.
Meanwhile, the administration of Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sent proposals of three buildings to federal government for the office of newly elected mayor and deputy mayor.
Sources told that these proposals have been sent to Federal Minister for CAAD Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry.
In these proposals, present building of revenue directorate and Iqbal Hall have been proposed for the office of mayor and deputy mayor while in second proposal building of fire brigade has been proposed for this objective.
In third proposal, old Naval Headquarter building located in Melody market has been proposed for the said office bearers.
“The offices of mayor and deputy mayor are being decorated in convention centre on temporarily basis while later on these offices would be shifte
CDA to complete signal-free corridor costing Rs 7 billion
ISLAMABAD: Owing to increase in estimated cost of signal free corridor, a project of Expressway, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has itself prepared the design of phase-2 and 3 of project respectively with the total cost of Rs seven billion that was estimated to complete with the total cost of approximately Rs 28 billion by private construction company.
Credible sources told that CDA has changed the design of 21-kilometer long single free project and now it would complete this project with the total cost of Rs seven billion.
“The quotations are invited for the signal free project from Zero point to Rawat to make it on the formula of design and bullet that was rejected due to increase in estimated cost”, sources added and maintained that Rs 570 million which were saved from the phase-one of the Expressway, the management of civic agency has decided to spend this amount on the design of Faizabad interchange and other renovation work.
Sources further told that administration of civic agency has changed the design of phase-2 and 3 of Expressway project respectively due to increase in estimated cost. Prior to this, CDA has decided to make this project on the formula of design and bullet. However, due to increase in estimated cost of Rs 28 billion, this project has been rejected. CDA has itself decided to prepare this project with the total cost of Rs seven billion. Under this project, eight underpasses and three interchanges would be constructed.
The phase-one of the project not only was completed within the record period of three-month and 17 days but Rs 570 million have been saved from the estimated cost.
CDA would invite tenders on self-prepared design of the project in February 2016 to construct interchanges on the venues including Faizabad, Sohan, Lethrare and Koral.
Meanwhile, the administration of Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sent proposals of three buildings to federal government for the office of newly elected mayor and deputy mayor.
Sources told that these proposals have been sent to Federal Minister for CAAD Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry.
In these proposals, present building of revenue directorate and Iqbal Hall have been proposed for the office of mayor and deputy mayor while in second proposal building of fire brigade has been proposed for this objective.
In third proposal, old Naval Headquarter building located in Melody market has been proposed for the said office bearers.
“The offices of mayor and deputy mayor are being decorated in convention centre on temporarily basis while later on these offices would be shifte
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