Karachi: KDA has approved a Rs.9,204 billion budget for the next fiscal year, which will fund multiple infrastructure projects and housing schemes. KDA's governing body met earlier on Thursday at the Sindh Secretariat Conference Hall under the chairmanship of Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah. Local Government Secretary Najam Shah, Director General KDA Syed...
Rawalpindi: Since the government started an investigation into the new alignment of the Rawalpindi Ring Road, progress on the Ring Road project has been delayed, according to a news source. An official of the Planning and Development department revealed that three ongoing projects in Rawalpindi are part of the annual development programme. Rs.50 million has been allocated for the ring road, Rs.50...
ISLAMABAD: The government reported on Wednesday that the economy grew 5.97 percent after rebasing national accounts, slightly faster than the 5.74 percent growth in the previous year, we reported earlier. For the current fiscal year 2021-22, the provisional GDP growth rate has been estimated at 5.97 percent, with the growth of the agricultural, industrial, and services sectors at 4.40 percent,...
ISLAMABAD: Metro Bus Service will run with regular traffic until the CDA constructs new designated tracks on the Blue and Green Lines. From Korang Bridge Expressway, the blue line will transfer to Faizabad metro bus stop, while the green line will run from Bhara Kahu to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) stop, where it will be integrated with the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus...
Islamabad: During a meeting of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Tuesday, it was announced that over 45 million gallons (MGD) of water are currently consumed every day within the federal capital. During the meeting, the water supply directorate announced that after repairing 14 tube wells and operating 18 new tube wells, along with repairing about 1,000 leakages, they added 15 MGD of...
LAHORE: In the provincial capital, the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) is developing a comprehensive plan to end the water shortage. On Thursday, Wasa M Tanveer, Managing Director, discussed these concerns with Chaudhry Shahbaz, Member Provincial Assembly. The meeting was attended by all Directors and XENs of Wasa. In a meeting with MPA Ch Shahbaz, Deputy MD Ghufran Ahmed briefed him on the...
Islamabad: Against encroachments in the National Park Hills area, the enforcement wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) conducted operations on Wednesday. At Saidpur Village in the foothills of Margalla, the enforcement staff and the Islamabad Police demolished a room and a 'chappar' hotel with police support. Two illegally constructed houses were razed in the Darah area of the...
LAHORE: A raid by Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Sheikhupura Road on Tuesday unearthed a factory producing fake carbonated drinks of different popular brands. 90 litres of carbonated drinks were discarded in the raid. The owner of the fake beverages factory has been charged with a criminal offence. In addition to 80,000 reels of fake labels, 12,000 lids, 12,000-liter empty bottles, and 50 kilograms of...
Rawalpindi: On Monday, the district administration directed WASA to de-silt and dredge Nullah Leh as part of its annual dredging program. In his view, the annual dredging and de-silting works of Nullah Leh have begun from the Gawalmandi Bridge, according to WASA Managing Director (MD) Raja Shoukat Mehmood. When inspecting the Nullah Leh cleaning work at Gawalmandi, the MD mentioned that the Punjab...