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People of Faisalabad will not get free sanitation and garbage disposal services, the city’s waste management organization has said.
The financially deficient Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) has decided to charge a certain fee for the service.

 

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People of Faisalabad will not get free sanitation and garbage disposal services, the city’s waste management organization has said.
The financially deficient Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) has decided to charge a certain fee for the service.



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They never got any. All the jamadars and garbage collectors receive money from every single house in the city. I personally pay my garbage collector 200 a week. And so does all of my neighborhood. And for the sanitation I request every single person on this forum to visit this city and see from their own eyes how filthy this city is.

 

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Faisalabad Industrial Zone has set up a medical equipment manufacturing zone on 200 acres, which will significantly reduce the import of medical equipment we do 1. 1.4 billion, syringes, needles, Canolas, Xray Machines, Heart stunts, Dialysis machines. We will build in Pakistan, the next zone will be Sialkot

12:43 AM · Sep 27, 2020

 

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PFA get FM radio license

The Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has assured PFA of every possible assistance

September 27, 2020

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has obtained a license to launch its FM radio channel. The measure has been taken to sensitise the people about adulterated and substandard quality products.

The radio channel is expected to start broadcasting from the beginning of next year.

The authority would air shows by inviting health and food experts to create awareness among the people. Different cooking programmes and those related to women would also be aired on the channel.

The authority will also air a list of items declared hazardous to prevent people from purchasing them. The Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has assured PFA of every possible assistance.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2020.

 

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02 Oct 2020

ISLAMABAD: Finance adviser Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chairs a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Thursday. — APP

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Thursday approved seven major road projects worth Rs162.607 billion along with three power projects of Rs410.66bn for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Ecnec meeting presided over by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Hafeez Shaikh also approved in principle the Locust Emergency and Food Security Project. The World Bank will provide $200 million for the locust project.

The Ecnec approved a road project of 221.95 kilometer (Shikarpur-Rajanpur section) at a cost of cost of Rs44.703bn. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will share the cost of this project which will be completed in three-years. It envisages construction of additional two-lanes and widening/rehabilitation of existing two-lane carriageway of Shikarpur-Rajanpur section of Indus Highway N-55.

The total length of Shikarpur-Rajanpur section is 221.950 km which will be upgraded to a four-lane dual carriageway facility with each lane 3.65m wide. The National Highway Authority (NHA) will be responsible for the execution, operation and maintenance of the project. Federal Public Sector (PSDP) Development Programme has allocated Rs1bn for the completion of this project in 2020-21.

The Ecnec approve an amount of Rs33.172bn for construction of Rajanpur-DG Khan Section of N-55 as four-lane Highway 121.50 km. The ADB will provide an amount of Rs28.528bn. The NHA will complete the project in three years. The project road starts from Rajanpur and passes through Fazilpur, Muhammad Pur Dewan, Jampur and terminates at Dera Ghazi Khan. Federal PSDP has allocated Rs500m for the completion of this project in 2020-21.

The apex body approved an amount Rs52.276bn for dualisation and rehabilitation of DG Khan-DI Khan Section of N-55(208.19 km). ADB will provide Rs44.957bn for the project which will be completed in three years by NHA. The project road starts from DG Khan then passes through Shah Sadar Din, Kala, Shahdan Lund, Taunsa, Tibi Qasrani, Mahra, Paroa and terminates at DI Khan. Federal PSDP has allocated Rs500m for the completion of this project in 2020-21.

The Ecnec approved rehabilitation and upgradation of 79.890 km, Jhaljao- Bela Road at the total cost of Rs11.118bn without any foreign exchange component. The project will be completed in three years by the NHA. The project road starts from Jhaljao and terminates at Bela, District Awaran.

The road traverses through towns of Augani, Sipai sing, Chauki and finally terminates at Bela. It is expected that the completion of the project will save vehicle travel time and vehicle operating costs of commuters. It will also contribute to ensure efficient movement of trade, goods and traffic in relatively shorter time.


Published in Dawn, October 2nd, 2020

 

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ECNEC Approved 3 sections of 1264 km 4 lanes Indus Highway N-55.

Shikarpur to Rajan Pur 222 km with Cost Rs 44.7 Billion in three years

4 lanes Rajanpur to D G Khan cost Rs 33.2 Billion..

 

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Punjab PDWP approves Rs20bn uplift projects

LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of Punjab approved four development schemes of various sectors with an estimated cost of Rs19,995.533 million.
These schemes were approved in a meeting of PDWP presided over by the Chairman P&D Board Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh.

Provincial Secretary P&D Imran Sikandar Baloch, all members of the Planning & Development Board, provincial secretaries of concerned departments, Senior Chief (Coord) Javed Latif, Assistant Chief Coordination Shahid Idrees and other senior representatives of the relevant provincial departments also attended the meeting.
The chairman P&D Board, while chairing PDWP emphasised on the seriousness of Covid-19. He said that the Punjab government is always focused on protecting citizens’ health by initiating such schemes and projects which are not only economically concerned but also focused on those whose livelihoods are at stake.

The approved development schemes included as Construction of Distribution Center, Rehabilitation of old Jhal Khanuana Water Treatment Plant (JICA Grant-In-Aid) Phase-I Faisalabad at the cost of Rs6,948.610 million, Covid-19 responsive and other natural calamities control programme at the cost of Rs10 billion, Feasibility Studies of Mohar Lift Irrigation Scheme “A&B” offtake from RD 201+500 & 87+000 Mohajir Branch (PC-II) at the cost of Rs58.123 million and Land Acquisition for Jalalpur Irrigation Project (JIP) (Revised) at the cost of Rs2,988.800 million.

Punjab PDWP approves Rs20bn uplift projects

LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of Punjab approved four development schemes of various sectors with an estimated cost of Rs19,995.533 million.These schemes were approved i

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Punjab govt to launch Orange Line Metro Train on 25th

October 6, 2020

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Tuesday approved to make Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) service operational from October 25.

CM Buzdar also directed all departments concerned to complete their preparations in this regard.

The provincial government approved OLMT fare at Rs40, as the chief minister rejected an earlier proposal of Rs50 fare.

Last month, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority Chairman Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa had announced over 250 new jobs of various categories for Lahore’s Orange Line project.

The Orange line project is a rapid transit system under construction in Punjab’s capital Lahore.

The line will span 27.1km (16.8 mi) with 25.4km (15.8 mi) elevated and 1.72km (1.1 mi) underground.

The line will be served by 26 stations and is expected to facilitate about 250,000 passengers daily.

 

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Govt adds 10 zones to Ring Road project

RDA to hold public hearing about the road on Oct 17


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October 07, 2020

Work continues on the Northern Loop of the Lahore Ring Road. EXPRESS/PHOTO: IJAZ MAHMOOD


RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has added 10 new commercial and residential zones in the Rawalpindi Ring Road Project Economic Corridor (RRPEC).

The government has released the plan of the Rawalpindi Ring Road project after approval on Tuesday.

A dry port equipped with modern facilities, a well-equipped hospital, and an international expo centre along with the establishment of fruit and vegetable markets, goods and public transport terminals, and cattle markets will be part of the project as per the released plan.

The public hearing of the Ring Road project would be carried out on October 19. In this regard,

Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Chairman Tariq Murtaza said that 65.6 kilometre (km) long Ring Road would have six lanes on each side like the motorway.

Along with it, the officer said that service roads would be constructed along the main road too while RDA would plant 0.15 million saplings on the entire route of the signal-free corridor.

Murtaza said that the project would have interchanges at eight different locations including Radio Pakistan, Rawat, Chak Beli, Adyala, Chakri, M2 Mor, Islamabad International Airport (IIA), and Sangjani while residential zones would be established along Sangjani, Adiala, Chakri and Chak Beli interchanges.

He said that the federal government has recently approved establishment of two new dry ports, one in Punjab and the other in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Of these one would be established near Rawat on the Ring Road while the other will be developed near Hakla Dam in Dera Ismail Khan.

The planned expo centre along Ring Road would be constructed near IIA. The hospital in the project will be built near Chak Beli Interchange whereas the amusement park would be constructed between Chakri and Morat interchanges.
PM Imran Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar will lay the foundation of the mega project in December.


Land acquisition rates

The rates approved by the district price committee for acquiring land for the right of way under the first phase of the Rawalpindi Ring Road project have been sent to the Punjab Board of Revenue for approval.

Under the first phase, some 51 kilometres (km) land would be acquired from Radio Pakistan on GT Road to China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route.

The land acquisition for 14 km long road from Sangjani in the second phase would be started later.
After approval and issuing of notification, the objections would be summoned from the landowners within 15 days.

After the settlement process, the owners would be paid compensation through the land acquisition collector.

Further, some Rs6 billion have already been transferred to the account of the land acquisition.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 7th, 2020.

 

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Punjab Mass Transit Authority (PMTA) is all set to complete handing and taking over procedures from the Chinese Joint venture, CR-Norinco next week, paving a final way for much-awaited public launch of the CPEC’s Lahore Orange Line Metro Train, on October 25.

 

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CM hands over 571 vehicles to Punjab Police

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6:53 PM | October 10, 2020


In order to ensure the safety of life and property of people, the Punjab government provided 571 new vehicles to the Punjab Police.

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar handed over the keys of new vehicles to the police in a function held at the CM’s Office. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Inaam Ghani gave a detail briefing to the chief minister about the police vehicles.

Usman Buzdar said that the government fulfilled its promise of providing resources to the Police Department for safeguarding life and property of the people. Five hundred new vehicles would be given to the police stations whereas 47 vehicles to the Punjab Highway Patrolling Police and rest of 24 vehicles would be given to the elite force.

Usman Buzdar said that police have been made free from political influence by providing required resources. Provision of new vehicles would improve the efficiency of the police besides further improving the patrolling system of Highway Patrol Police.

 

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Happy rd Anniversary to the Motorbike Ambulance Service!

▪︎ Supply of timely and professional help in 6 lakh emergency
▪︎ Motorbike ambulance service started soon in 27 districts
▪︎ Immediately responded to emergency accidents inside the dense populations and narrow streets of 9 divisional headquarters of Punjab.

 

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The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party approved four development schemes of various sectors with an estimated cost of Rs. 13,586.49 million.

These schemes were approved in the 10th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of current fiscal year 2020-21.


The approved development schemes included as ...

Establishment of 200 Bedded Mother & Child Hospital and Nursing College, District Attock at the cost of Rs. 6,071.340 million,

Provision of Motor Bike Ambulance Service in Remaining 27 District of Punjab (Revised) at the cost of Rs. 984.906 million,

Taleem Sab kay Liay Project (Phase-II) at the cost of Rs. 893.115 million

Punjab Non Formal Education Project (Phase-II) at the cost of Rs. 5,637.129 million.

 

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Roads being converted into 4-lanes from 2017-2025 and new 4-lane roads in Punjab.

1. Sargodha-Mianwali
2. Lodhran-Khanewal
3. Lahore-Sialkot motorway
4. Chakwal mundra
5. Minawali-Multan road
6. DG Khan-Multan road
7. DG Khan-rajanpur indus highway
8. Talagang-Mianwali road
9. Sheikhupura-Gujranwala road
10. Islamabad-Mianwali-DI Khan motorway
11. M-4 motorway completeion
12. M-3 motorway completion
13. M-5 motorway completion
14. Bahwalpur-M5 motorway road