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Land acquisition for Ring Road in progress



Monday, May 16, 2011



LAHORE

An amount of Rs 21.6 billion will be spent on the acquisition of southern section of Ring Road in accordance with the revised design.

According to official sources, the Punjab government is acquiring land for 8.5 kilometres southern loop (SL-1) from Sui Gas Town to Ferozpur Road at a cost of Rs 4,995million. For 13 kilometres southern loop-2 from Ferozepur Road to Raiwind Road, the Punjab government will spend Rs 4091.70 for land acquisition while its work will be executed by a Chinese company on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis. Similarly, the Punjab government will acquire land for 8 kilometres southern loop-3 at a cost of Rs 4,059.96 million from Raiwind Road and Multan Road and for the purpose PC-I is in process for the approval of land acquisition. A sum of Rs 4449.12 million will be spent on land acquisition for 18 kilometre southern loop-4 from Multan road to Motorway M-2 while an approximate amount of Rs 4 billion would be spent on the acquisition of land from Babu Sabu to pacakge No. 5, having a length 2.5 kilometres.

The Punjab government will execute work on SL-1 including acquisition of land while the execution of SL-2,3 and 4 would be carried out by a Chinese company on BOT basis. According to the revised design, Ring Road will pass through Sui Gas Town, Gajumata, Halloki, Adda Plot, Maraka,Mohlanwal, Chung, Shahpur, Motorway Babu Sabu Interchange and Gulshan-e-Ravi at Package No.5.

Finally, good news regarding the SL :banana:!

Thats positive news, thanks JS for sharing...


So, Southern loop will have 4 loops (packages) & its total length will be 47.5 kms...

If a chineese company is investing in one of the packages in southern loop on BOT basis...then are they going to take toll charge for that section only...seems weird...

Once the entire ring gets completed it will be a toll way

Once the entire ring gets completed it will be a toll way

source

Very nice pics SH bro! :)

And nothing wrong with the toll tax on LRR, I am actually in favor of it. Better made it e-toll system, something similar to Dubai Salik system, and implement it throughout Pakistan's highways, motorways and ring roads.

I know how corrupt the toll collection system on motorways is, almost everyone at toll booths is involved in corruption. In tax collection, human interaction should be minimized and automation should be maximized.

About the road signs and directions boards, isn't Urdu description not enough? Why do we always translate it to English?

About the road signs and directions boards, isn't Urdu description not enough? Why do we always translate it to English?

Gumnaam Saab........... Multi language road signs are used almost everywhere. This only helps if the traveller is not familiar with the Local language. Also many tourists come to Pakistan so they would appreciate a world wide known language. In many countries there are English road signs this also highlights again how this multi language is used across the world. In my opionion I dont see why Pakistan should be any different espeically if they also teach English as part of their curriculum in schools and universities.

Also seeing as though we are on this subject of road signs. Can somebody please tell me why on each exit on LRR there is a circular road sign with a red border and two black arrows facing away from each other indicating the obvious - there are two roads ahead!

What is the purpose of this.........................!???

Just to highlight why I have made this particular point.....that in the international highway code which has a red border is ONLY there to stop you doing whatever is stated in the middle of the red circle.

WS.......Y Mumtaz UK

According to the feasibility study for the project conducted by the National Engineering Services of Pakistan (Nespak):

"The 48.2-km southern loop of the Ring Road will cost some Rs. 27 billion to build. Another Rs. 22 billion is needed for the acquisition of land, the PMU official said."

Gumnaam Saab........... Multi language road signs are used almost everywhere. This only helps if the traveller is not familiar with the Local language. Also many tourists come to Pakistan so they would appreciate a world wide known language. In many countries there are English road signs this also highlights again how this multi language is used across the world, in my opionion I dont see why Pakistan should be any different espeically if they also teach English as part of their curriculum in schools and universities.

Much more tourists visit Tokyo, Shanghai and Moscow than Pakistani cities but you will not find any English road signs and directions there. Why do we have to care so much about visitors. :dunno: And what's so good about multi language sign boards, Chinese is the largest spoken language in the world, so why not replace English with Chinese (or you want to replace Urdu with Chinese now, :lol: )

Nothing wrong in teaching English as a language only but I think now is the time to focus on other languages also...Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish and German.

I work with German and Korean engineers, none of them can even speak a proper sentence in English (and they don't feel any shame because of it unlike us), but they are experts in their fields. And yes, since they are working in an Arab country, they are more willing to learn Arabic than English and already learnt a little, still learning and can speak a few sentences in Arabic <<< This is the right approach.

Sorry guys for being off topic and derailing this thread, difficult to get rid of old habits. :D

^^ yesterday morning City42 did a whole documentary showing all packages and the did confirm the land acquisition for the other loop. I cannot find it on youtube* official channel yet but it might be coming out soon.

^^ I also saw that when the reporter was ending the package report....:(

^^ I also saw that when the reporter was ending the package report....:(

yeah I was suffering from high fever and mistakenly woke up at 8 AM to take some tablets .. lol ; the idiot parked the car in the green belt and showed it on the camera that how beautiful this green area is :bash:

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About the road signs and directions boards, isn't Urdu description not enough? Why do we always translate it to English?

The sign boards in Pakistan should be in 2 languages. The local language (Punjabi in Punjab, Sindhi in Sindh etc.) and English. The 4 provincial languages are much more important than Urdu.

The sign boards in Pakistan should be in 2 languages. The local language (Punjabi in Punjab, Sindhi in Sindh etc.) and English. The 4 provincial languages are much more important than Urdu.

What ? how can a sign board be in punjabi ? Suppose a sign board on ring road has written on it "Niazi Chowk" both in urdu and english, what would you write "Niazi chowk" in punjabi dude? "DHA", what would be the punjabi translation of "DHA"? :cheers:

The sign boards in Pakistan should be in 2 languages. The local language (Punjabi in Punjab, Sindhi in Sindh etc.) and English. The 4 provincial languages are much more important than Urdu.

:ohno::nuts::ohno::nuts::bash:

"DHA", what would be the punjabi translation of "DHA"? :cheers:

Fauji Gharaa-n di huqumat?

lol ^^ :)

Sign boards in Urdu & English are fine, no need of adventure...

^^ Why in English? What's the reason behind it? Just trying to figure it out?

The sign boards in Pakistan should be in 2 languages. The local language (Punjabi in Punjab, Sindhi in Sindh etc.) and English. The 4 provincial languages are much more important than Urdu.

Not very sensible my friend, local and provincial languages are fine, but Urdu should be given priority because of national language status.

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English happens to be one of the official languages of Pakistan so it only makes sense to have the road signs in Urdu and English.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html

What ? how can a sign board be in punjabi ? Suppose a sign board on ring road has written on it "Niazi Chowk" both in urdu and english, what would you write "Niazi chowk" in punjabi dude? "DHA", what would be the punjabi translation of "DHA"? :cheers:
Are you serious? Niazi Chowk would be the same in Punjabi. Since Punjabi uses the Persian script, it'd be written the same way too. In Sindhi it'd probably be different, but similar. I can't read Sindhi, but I've seen it written and they have some extra dots for everything.

Signs in local langauges sound fine, I don't see much benefit in it though. I think it should be up to the regional government to decide which laguage(s) to use. The federal government should have no say. Also, since we don't care about signs in Pakistan anyway, this discussion is useless to begin with. I don't think I've ever used a single sign ever or know anyone who has. Maybe to find a khyaban in Defence, but that's about it.

Local language(s) sign boards would be understandable in rural areas (since a lot of people are illiterate in Urdu, but not local languages).

Local language(s) sign boards would be understandable in rural areas (since a lot of people are illiterate in Urdu, but not local languages).

If you can't read the Nastaliq script, you can't read period - be it Urdu or Punjabi or other provincial language written in Nastaliq. And if you can read Nastaliq, then you can read Urdu.

^^ Why in English? What's the reason behind it? Just trying to figure it out?



Not very sensible my friend, local and provincial languages are fine, but Urdu should be given priority because of national language status.

It should be Urdu and local language, or English and local language. English because it is the official language of Pakistan, and can be understood by everyone who can read. Local language because that is the language of the province. Urdu can be used in areas where there is majority of Urdu-speakers, like Karachi, but not where the mother tongue of the people is something else than Urdu. Urdu is eating up the provincial languages.

You guys who don't understand what to write in Punjabi instead of Urdu, are good examples of my point, Urdu is eating up the provincial languages. Punjabi language has every word, but since you learn Urdu at school, you don't know anything about your own mother tongue.

If you can't read the Nastaliq script, you can't read period - be it Urdu or Punjabi or other provincial language written in Nastaliq. And if you can read Nastaliq, then you can read Urdu.

Most Urdu speakers/readers can also read Arabic and Persian, but that doesn't mean they can understand it.

It should be "two most understood langauges" in that region. It could be Chinese and Russian for all I care. Although I picked those langugages randomly it just reminded me that driving to Abbotabad from Islamabad I saw signs with Russian and Chinese. Or was it just Chinese? I think I saw Cyrillic too. Probably coz of KKH.

:bash:Why are we stuck on this rather needles and useless debate here???

1) To unite the country we need one common language.
2) It should be a local language, not the language of our colonial masters.
3) It should be a non-Indian language so that we can be better separated from them.

Therefore, the national language of Pakistan should be Pashto. All other languages need to be eliminated and only Pashto should be allowed.

Our local languages being cannibalized is the least of our worries.

1) To unite the country we need one common language.
2) It should be a local language, not the language of our colonial masters.
3) It should be a non-Indian language so that we can be better separated from them.

Therefore, the national language of Pakistan should be Pashto. All other languages need to be eliminated and only Pashto should be allowed.

http://yougabsports.com/user/229898/members/D22D0468-FB60-4C73-A088-4962B5BDE823/upload/wtf.jpg

I am proud to be a Punjabi .. how can I ditch my mother language and culture to a foreign language and culture ?

i think we should stay with urdu and english. plz come back to the topic

^^ yep .. .Urdu & English; Agreed.

1) To unite the country we need one common language.
2) It should be a local language, not the language of our colonial masters.
3) It should be a non-Indian language so that we can be better separated from them.

Therefore, the national language of Pakistan should be Pashto. All other languages need to be eliminated and only Pashto should be allowed.

I don't know how serious you are, but I actually like what you just said.

I think Farsi is more appropriate for this role than Pashto. Farsi will have much wider acceptance among Pakistanis due to its status as official language of sub-continent during Muslim rule. Different ethnic groups in Pakistan will resist Pashto (or any other local language) being forcefully imposed upon them.

Personally, I love Urdu, and the fact that more than 70% Pakistanis can speak it now, it will be difficult to replace as national language of Pakistan. (But if Israel can revive their dead language Hebrew, we can also do the same with Farsi)

What I can't figure out is why we are paying so much attention to English and made it our official language, why can't Urdu be the official language of Pakistan? Isn't it time to get rid of this colonial mentality?

will somebidy pls change the topic here, perhaps a good update might do the trick...

Heck.. i guess i might have to do this my self...!!

1) To unite the country we need one common language.
2) It should be a local language, not the language of our colonial masters.
3) It should be a non-Indian language so that we can be better separated from them.

Therefore, the national language of Pakistan should be Pashto. All other languages need to be eliminated and only Pashto should be allowed.

:ohno::doh::hahaha::puke:
No offence. Urdu and English are fine.

I don't know how serious you are, but I actually like what you just said.

I think Farsi is more appropriate for this role than Pashto. Farsi will have much wider acceptance among Pakistanis due to its status as official language of sub-continent during Muslim rule. Different ethnic groups in Pakistan will resist Pashto (or any other local language) being forcefully imposed upon them.

Personally, I love Urdu, and the fact that more than 70% Pakistanis can speak it now, it will be difficult to replace as national language of Pakistan. (But if Israel can revive their dead language Hebrew, we can also do the same with Farsi)

What I can't figure out is why we are paying so much attention to English and made it our official language, why can't Urdu be the official language of Pakistan? Isn't it time to get rid of this colonial mentality?

شما درست می گویید. فارسی زبان زیبایی است و ما باید آن را به زبان ملی پاکستان است.

شما درست می گویید. فارسی زبان زیبایی است و ما باید آن را به زبان ملی پاکستان است.

من موافقت می کنم. ملی و همچنین به عنوان زبان رسمی پاکستان است.

where did the language debate come up in this? seriously?

I don't know how serious you are, but I actually like what you just said.

I think Farsi is more appropriate for this role than Pashto. Farsi will have much wider acceptance among Pakistanis due to its status as official language of sub-continent during Muslim rule. Different ethnic groups in Pakistan will resist Pashto (or any other local language) being forcefully imposed upon them.

Personally, I love Urdu, and the fact that more than 70% Pakistanis can speak it now, it will be difficult to replace as national language of Pakistan. (But if Israel can revive their dead language Hebrew, we can also do the same with Farsi)
One of the reasons as to why Urdu was developed in the subcontinent was due to differences among the local populous. The Urdu language amalgamated many of the local (or the then-official) languages such as Persian, Turkic, Hindi, and Arabic (the influence of which came from Islam) just so that it could suit everyone. Farsi is not a common language in Pakistan, and given Pakistan's ethnic makeup, it is not an ancestral tongue either to the majority. The Pakistani nation is composed of hundreds of different tribes that can trace their ancestry back to the Scythians, Khazars, Greeks, Arabs, Persians, Mongols, Turks, Huns, etc. You cannot use the language of any one nation and impose it on everyone else. This is exactly why Urdu was developed and should remain the official language nationwide.

Pics taken on 18th of May
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^^Bhatta chowk

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nice pics Strong. Bit concerned about Bhatta chowk. Is it really part of Ring Road? Driving here with speed of 100 KM risk people life.

nice updates.... bhatta chowk has really improved big time..!!

nice pics Strong. Bit concerned about Bhatta chowk. Is it really part of Ring Road? Driving here with speed of 100 KM risk people life.

Oh no dude its not the part of ring ROAD, its only the part of one of the packages as an access road to Ghazi road interchange of Ring road.(Package 11), so its named as Package 11 B

Bhatta Chowk is now looking far more better!!!

Oh no dude its not the part of ring ROAD, its only the part of one of the packages as an access road to Ghazi road interchange of Ring road.(Package 11), so its named as Package 11 B

then i m very impressed with the quality work :)

One thing I fail to understand is that why can't we have pavements (Footpaths) as a compulsory element when constructing a road in Pakistan in residential areas? and also they should have a separate service lane for bicycles and slow traffic... Look at the Bhatta Chowk road... the extreme left as well as extreme right lanes have already been occupied by the encroachments and dust...

The quality of construction is very good though...

One thing I fail to understand is that why can't we have pavements (Footpaths) as a compulsory element when constructing a road in Pakistan in residential areas? and also they should have a separate service lane for bicycles and slow traffic... Look at the Bhatta Chowk road... the extreme left as well as extreme right lanes have already been occupied by the encroachments and dust...

The quality of construction is very good though...
Where do yuou live?

One thing I fail to understand is that why can't we have pavements (Footpaths) as a compulsory element when constructing a road in Pakistan in residential areas? and also they should have a separate service lane for bicycles and slow traffic... Look at the Bhatta Chowk road... the extreme left as well as extreme right lanes have already been occupied by the encroachments and dust...

The quality of construction is very good though...

i second that

PdlZjtdY6Rg

^^ oh yes this is the video where this dude, stepped on the green belt and talked it out :D

Ya, just saw this video on their youtube channel...

One thing I fail to understand is that why can't we have pavements (Footpaths) as a compulsory element when constructing a road in Pakistan in residential areas? and also they should have a separate service lane for bicycles and slow traffic... Look at the Bhatta Chowk road... the extreme left as well as extreme right lanes have already been occupied by the encroachments and dust...

The quality of construction is very good though...

You are absolutely correct. That's what I wonder about all the time - they should have footpaths in residential and commercial areas. Without them the road appears unfinished.

Even in Karachi 90% of the city has no footpaths even though most of the people have to walk and they end up walking on the roads.

An example of what I'm talking about is this picture where there's no footpath along the shops.

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af197/stronghearted87/18052011013.jpg

Where do yuou live?
I live in London but my heart remains in Pakistan...

PdlZjtdY6Rg

1:38 ..almost got hit by a car

1:38 ..almost got hit by a car

this guy is need sum calcium tablets..:lol::lol::lol:

One thing I fail to understand is that why can't we have pavements (Footpaths) as a compulsory element when constructing a road in Pakistan in residential areas? and also they should have a separate service lane for bicycles and slow traffic... Look at the Bhatta Chowk road... the extreme left as well as extreme right lanes have already been occupied by the encroachments and dust...

The quality of construction is very good though...

I heard that this is the legacy from British era when dirt line was left on the side of the road to facilitate "tangas" to run on the road, since automobiles came later. But this rule still carries on and has not been changed. It must be changed now to reduce dust in the cities.

please share source of this information.
dude whatever my source of information may be. but you find the statement to be true by reading subsequent posts

According to HCS website:

"Package-11 is 95% complete"

Updates of LRR P-17 near Sui gas society, video made on 1st of June 2011

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P-16
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^^ Almost ready :banana:
cc : Lahore real estate

Updates LRR P-15 DHA phase V/VI interchange, video made on 1st of June 2011
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cc: Lahore real estate

^^ very nice quality updates :) Good fine ;)

What's HCS?

construction company like NLC,FWO, HUSSAIN COTEX

thxs Strong for the updates :)

Nice videos....:okay:

hello members.....i'm zeeshan, new member on skyscrapercity....well i just want to say the person, "may i know the person who captured these snaps"?

Thanks "strong hearted"...........u even mentioned my name

hello members.....i'm zeeshan, new member on skyscrapercity....well i just want to say the person, "may i know the person who captured these snaps"?

I have given the credit of these videos to Lahore real estate, these videos were captured by the owner of "Lahore real estate" for his forum and website, I just shared them here.

What's HCS?
Civil-engineering contractors.
Habib Construction Services (http://www.hcs.com.pk/index.php)

so have they allocated the required funds for the southern loop in the new budget?

yeah I think around 1 billion Rupees. Can't seem to find that news. Hope I am wrong

Often unutilised’ ADP?gets record Rs220bBy: Ashraf Javed | Published: June 11, 2011

LAHORE – The Punjab government has allocated a record amount of Rs220 billion under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the fiscal year 2011-12 as compared to last year’s Rs193.5 billion.
The ADP allocation is estimated as 34 per cent of the total outlay of the budget, presented here Friday by the PML-N led government as it unveiled its fourth consecutive budget in the Punjab Assembly.
Financial experts say that every year the government fixes a record amount for the ADP but a major chunk of the allocations remains unutilised due to one or another reason.
The government in Punjab, country’s largest province, is focusing on social sector uplift by laying a particular emphasis on education and health sectors, followed by infrastructure development, production and agriculture. The government has allocated Rs188 billion for new development projects.
This year, the government has allocated Rs29.2 billion for the “Special Programme/Packages” that means the government would spend Rs1.5 billion for three new medical colleges to be set up in the province.
Similarly, under this (special programme) initiative, the government has earmarked Rs1.2 billion for Lahore Ring Road, Rs12 billion for District/TMA Development Programme in the province, Rs9 billion as special package for Coal Based Thermal Power Generation and Rs2 billion and Rs3.5 billion for district package-I and district package-II for eight and seven districts respectively.
As per sector-wise budget details, a huge amount of Rs71.635 billion has been earmarked for the Social Sector while Rs59 billion would be spent on Infrastructure Development. A sum of Rs23.9 billion have been allocated for the education sector in the province out of which Rs14.5 billion have been earmarked for School Education, Rs6.5 billion for Higher Education, Rs500 million for Special Education, Rs800 million for literacy and Rs1.6 billion for sports.


http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/11-Jun-2011/Often-unutilised-ADPgets-record-Rs220b

LAHORE: The Punjab government has been left without funding for the Southern Loop of the Lahore Ring Road after the Chinese refused to pay for the construction of the road, The Express Tribune has learned.

The government had been negotiating with the Chinese to seek investment for the construction of the remaining 48 kilometres of the Southern Loop and hoped to clinch a deal by this April. But when Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited China earlier this year, the investors showed more of an interest in the proposed Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System than the Ring Road. The government tried to convince the Chinese to invest on a build-operate-transfer basis or a public-private partnership, but failed.

An official of the Project Management Unit confirmed that the Chinese had refused to give any financial assistance for the completion of the Ring Road. Work on the Southern Loop was expected to start as soon as the funds were released as a feasibility report had already been conducted, he said. The project is divided into two parts, SL-1 and SL-2, and the government only has funding for the former, he said.

Nadeem Hassan Asif, Lahore’s commissioner and the project director for the Lahore Ring Road, denied that the Chinese had refused to fund SL-1. “Various options are under consideration and negotiations [with investors] are underway,” he said. Asked to elaborate, he said that he could not “at this stage”. He said the construction of the road would start soon but could not say exactly when. He said the construction of the Northern Loop would be finished in July.

The Punjab government has allocated Rs1.2 billion in the 2011-12 budget for the Ring Road. This money will be used to complete the Northern Loop and to start work on SL-1, an 8.5-km stretch of road from the Sui Gas Housing Society to Gajjumatta. The cost of the land for SL-1 is estimated at Rs4.995 billion and the construction cost at Rs4.069 billion. An interchange will be constructed at Ferozepur Road. Access roads and slip roads will also be constructed near the Ashiana housing scheme. Work on land acquisition for SL-l has started.

The construction of SL-1 is expected to ease the heavy traffic on Ferozepur Road, as well as Ghazi Road, by diverting traffic headed for GT Road towards the Ravi or Saggian Interchange.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2011.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/187254/ring-road-southern-loop-in-limbo-after-chinese-deny-funding/

sad news as funds in this budget are diverted to other projects. Atleast this will make critics of Lahore Rind road quiet.

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Progress According to HCS

LAHORE RING ROAD, CONSTRUCTION OF INTERCHANGE AT GHAZI ROAD, (PACKAGE-11 AND 11-A) UP TO BHATA CHOWK INTERSECTION
(Subcontracted Works from NLC up to WBM level and Structures)

Project Cost (Million Rupees) - 1000

Client - NLC

Commencement Date - Feb 15, 2010

Original/Revised Completion Date - Extended date May 30, 2011

Status Completed as on May 31, 2011 - 95 %

http://hcs.com.pk/projects.php#pip

^^ Already posted...:D




12 days before

Lahore Ring Road DHA Phase 5 – 6 Interchange Development Update June 13, 2011:

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^^ Already posted...:D




12 days before

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^^ shit :-O

Package 15 (DHA Phase V-VI Interchange):

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The Punjab assembly has today passed bill for establishment of a permanent body of the Lahore Ring Road Authority to maintain and manage the Lahore Ring Road and strategic roads that may be entrusted to it from time to time and for handling future phases of the project

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Source: raihans-HOP

very nice .. I didn't see it on my landings yet or perhaps I wasn't looking closely, next time I come to PK, I'll make sure I take shots for LRR.

This is a domestic flight....most likely from Islamabad since its coming from the north of Lahore and the plane looks like an airbus (airblue) as flying low. Most international flights land from the south and land from East side of the runway hence hard to take the similar pics.......on the other hand sometime circling happens due to delays at times hence the possibility. Good luck and I will look for those photos since you have had great posts in the past.

Nice photos of landing and surroundings. LRR looks good.

Wow nice aerial shots! its Saggian interchange in the first pic!

Ya, nice shots...:okay:

This is a domestic flight....most likely from Islamabad since its coming from the north of Lahore and the plane looks like an airbus (airblue) as flying low. Most international flights land from the south and land from East side of the runway hence hard to take the similar pics.......on the other hand sometime circling happens due to delays at times hence the possibility. Good luck and I will look for those photos since you have had great posts in the past.

Exactly what I thought :)

AOA......Although I have been around for a while in this Forum, but I have no knowldge of how to upload Pics. Please someone put me right and explain me in detail. If it is better, then use my email for your reply.
My email address ymumtaz@hotmail.com
Thankyou..................Younus Mumtaz

According to HCS website, completion status at June 30th, 2011:

LRR Interchange at Ghazi road (Package-11 & 11-A) upto Bhatta Chowk Intersection = 98% complete

Can someone please post a map of the ring road, showing the portions that have been completed and the parts that are still under construction.

According to HCS website, completion status at June 30th, 2011:

LRR Interchange at Ghazi road (Package-11 & 11-A) upto Bhatta Chowk Intersection = 98% complete

just used the ghazi road interchange, looks complete... waiting for the phase 5 interchange to be completed.. any ideas on that!!

Yeah I also passed through ghazi road interchange today and it is complete, just the final touches and landscaping work remaining!

^^ Yep, Ghazi Interchange is almost complete BUT road from Ghazi Interchange to Phase V/VI Interchange is only 20% done. It will take atleast 1 month for completion & Phase V/VI Interchange is also 90% complete....

any news on the work starting or progress on southern loop ?

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/55697160.jpg

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http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/55182146.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/55070584.jpg

Most Urdu speakers/readers can also read Arabic and Persian, but that doesn't mean they can understand it.

You don't need to understand the grammar or literature of a language to understand traffic and road signs written in that language. Road names contain a lot of proper names of places, the meaning of which you don't need to understand. So if you're able to read "Gulberg" written in Nastaliq, you don't need to undertand its meaning, not that it necessarily has a meaning.

You don't need to understand the grammar or literature of a language to understand traffic and road signs written in that language. Road names contain a lot of proper names of places, the meaning of which you don't need to understand. So if you're able to read "Gulberg" written in Nastaliq, you don't need to undertand its meaning, not that it necessarily has a meaning.

^^ point

Latest satellite imagery of LRR
Niazi Interchange

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af197/stronghearted87/niazi3.jpg

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af197/stronghearted87/niazi2.jpg

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af197/stronghearted87/NewBitmapImage-1.jpg

Shadbagh underpass

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af197/stronghearted87/Shadbaghundrpass.jpg

Mehmood Booti Interchange

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af197/stronghearted87/Mehmoodbutiinterchange.jpg

very very nice

Looking very nice....:happy:

Some really cool pics. With so much manual labor involved (as compared to how structures are built in 1st world), this is no less than a master piece of construction in Pakistan.

Does anybody know what is happening about souther loop. I read this here but still this is from Feb 11, 2011
http://www.plots.com.pk/2011/02/11/lahore-ring-road-southern-loop-work-could-start-in-april/

Only land acquisition is in progress for SL at the moment, no construction activity started yet!

Some really cool pics. With so much manual labor involved (as compared to how structures are built in 1st world), this is no less than a master piece of construction in Pakistan.

Does anybody know what is happening about souther loop. I read this here but still this is from Feb 11, 2011
http://www.plots.com.pk/2011/02/11/lahore-ring-road-southern-loop-work-could-start-in-april/



thats why its my favourite project :)

the shadbagh underpass...!!

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/521/img00645201107191259.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4352/img00644201107191258.jpg

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4880/img00643201107191258.jpg

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/5198/img00642201107191258.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4021/img00646201107191505.jpg

looks shityyy..... btw is that some sort of a stadium over the underpass in that first pic???

Thanks for sharing, it looks awkward in the satellite image posted by SH...

looks shityyy..... btw is that some sort of a stadium over the underpass in that first pic???

its pedestrian bridge

hey this gives me an idea..lol put all the rickshaws, animal carts , veggie sellers underground in lahore like theses roads and make it look nice on top layer of road

Its neither shitty nor awkward, it is being constructed by NLC and HCS! considering the surroundings(which are not very good since its an industrial area), it is a very good addition to Package 3 of LRR. And this was not an easy project, govt acquired the land and demolished some large steel factories of give a LOOP shape to this underpass.

easier said than done my friend putting all those little business's down like that.....would require allot of money and time and most importantly one govt.

That is called "A real smart solution" specially in this congested part of city, building a least disturbing interchange by making efficient use of available land.
i am so impressed. :)

anyone got any updates here ?

According to HCS website:

"Interchange at Ghazi road (Package-11 & 11-A) upto Bhatta Chowk Intersection is now 100% COMPLETE"

guys what abt the phase 5/6 interchange..!! its been hangin since long... should be completed long ago..

any news on this..!!

^^Dude you should be updating us about these interchanges close to the DHA area since you live nearby :)

And BTW new google imagery(May `11) of DHA phase V/VI interchange and Sui Gas society interchange is now available on google earth!

construction looks solid ... good quality

And BTW new google imagery(May `11) of DHA phase V/VI interchange and Sui Gas society interchange is now available on google earth!

emmmm..... alrite alrite... will go and check out the same tomorrow...!! :cheers:

Planning and execution: Ring Road works near airport linger on

http://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/225850-RingroadPHOTOEXPRESSIJAZMAHMOOD-1312658256-849-640x480.jpg
Workers renovate an underpass on the Ring Road.

More than a year since it was opened, decoration work still continues on parts of the Lahore Ring Road near the airport, posing an inconvenience and a hazard to commuters.

The Ring Road’s so-called Package 6 was inaugurated last year when Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul visited Lahore. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took a special interest in this part of the road, saying he wanted visitors to Lahore to have a pleasant ride into the city from the airport. Apart from a series of bridges, interchanges and underpasses, the design included special decoration work and horticulture arrangements.

But the decoration work on the walks of two bridges and an underpass is still to be finished. This has meant that one side of the underpass has been closed for several months, forcing traffic coming from both directions to use the same underpass. Only one lane is open on that side and the crossing can be particularly hazardous at night without street lighting.

For about two months, a part of the main road was closed while workers assembled a bridge structure there. The structure has now been shifted to the service road and the main road left clear, but a high rate of accidents was reported at this section, particularly during the night when the street lights were also switched off.

Muhammad Azeem, a commuter, said the road had been like this since it was inaugurated last year. “It’s very dangerous to cross the underpass at night, especially when the lights are out. I’ve narrowly escaped accidents on several occasions,” he said.

An official of the Project Management Unit for the Ring Road told The Express Tribune that he recognised that the slow pace of work had created problems for commuters, but they could not do anything about it because the contractor was close to the chief minister. “All we can do is wait,” he said.
Ahmad Mukhtar of Al Imam Enterprisers, the contractor, said the delay had nothing to do with his relationship with the chief minister and everything to do with certain design changes that had to be made in order to cut costs. He said after the floods last summer, the government had suspended spending on development to divert funds to rescue and relief operations.

“They asked us to lower spending so we had to make some changes,” he said. For example, the decoration work on the underpass walls was supposed to be on glass reinforced concrete panels, but they changed it to sandstone, he said. This required extra time to bring stone to the site from hilly areas and then cut them. “The panels were supposed to have been made in a factory,” he said.

Mukhtar said that 30 per cent of the decoration work was left. “The work is very intricate,” he said.

^^

The decoration work on the flyovers is almost complete, now they are working on the underpass...

`Excessive` compensation Ring Road project admin stops payments

The Lahore Ring Road project authorities have temporarily stopped payment of compensation amount to those whose land has been acquired or is being obtained for starting construction work on the 8.5-kilometre long Kumaha-Ferozepur Road section.

The project management took the decision after it came to know that the officials concerned had released payments to the residents of a Mauza (village) above the market or government’s scheduled rates against the land they had earlier acquired from them, it is learnt.

“The project management had been informed that the officials, to start construction work on Kumaha-Ferozepur Road section of the project, had acquired the land on higher rates than those fixed by the government,” Lahore commissioner and project director, Jawad Rafique Malik, told Dawn. He said after receiving these reports the management ordered initiation of an inquiry into the matter.

He said keeping in view the situation the project administration had temporarily stopped making further payments to the previous land owners so as to reassess their compensation cases. As soon as the probe management completed the inquiry it would start making the payments, he added.

He pledged making the probe findings public and action against the officials if they were found involved in releasing excessive payments to the land owners.

He said most of the land had been acquired for launching construction work on the Kumaha-Ferozpur section. Mr Malik said the project management had also planned construction of 40-km long Gajjumata-Gulshan-i-Ravi (Babu Sabu) section of the ring road, as second part of the phase-1, through a public-private partnership. “The work on the under-construction 40-km long Gulshan-i-Ravi-Kumaha section of the project’s first phase (part-1) is expected to be completed soon as most of the construction work on this section has been finished,” he added.

Project’s Technical Director Sohail Raza said as the management had almost completed the land acquisition for the Kumaha-Ferozpur Road section, it was awaiting the final approval of the authorities concerned to start the construction work.

He said the project management would also construct Ferozepur Road-Halloki section, an extension of the ring road, after completing construction work at all sections of the project. He said the management had already opened most of the 40-km long Gulshan Ravi-Kumaha section of the ring road for the traffic.

A must watch video :)
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A must watch video :)


Beautiful. And the other videos by the same guy are good as well.

great video!!

yes 95% construction has been completed.....

Ring Road Bhatta Chowk - DHA Phase 5/6 Section!!

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/70/img00734201108181656.jpg

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7626/img00732201108181643.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/917/img00735201108181657.jpg

The Airport Section:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5501/img00733201108181645.jpg

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2048/img00731201108181639.jpg

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Great updates bro! Ghazi road interchange is almost complete but the lack of funds has really slowed down the finishing work :no: same is the case with DHA phase V/VI interchange.

The Airport Section:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5501/img00733201108181645.jpg


Very nice pic :yes: Its 5+5 lanes road at this point :applause:

^^ looks nice with finally some traffic on it.

i know.. the DHA Phase 5 interchange is taking ages to complete... it is now starting to get on my nerves..

i thought the had no issues with the funds..?

Nice pics JS....:okay:

Today I saw LRR Package 15 (DHA V/VI Interchange), work is very slow, however machinery was there & they were carpeting the road on the loops of the Interchange...

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2048/img00731201108181639.jpg

Are they going to install same digital signboard which we saw on ferozpur road...

^^ I believe this a pedestrian bridge

yup thats a pedestrian bridge..

They are actually not just pedestrian bridges in fact they are handicap accessible bridge....

from the last few years all newly built pedestrian bridges support handicap accessibility. We are at last moving towards these things slowly tho.

^^ Sorry to burst your bubble regarding Pakistan's sudden and new-found awareness for handicapped people, but, in addition to pedestrians, these bridges are intended for motorcycle and bicycle access. The fact that they also help the handicapped is merely incidental.

^^ Sorry to burst your bubble regarding Pakistan's sudden and new-found awareness for handicapped people, but, in addition to pedestrians, these bridges are intended for motorcycle and bicycle access. The fact that they also help the handicapped is merely incidental.

exactly , i am of the same opinion that these bridges are for motorcycles. a lot of them are also installed over 10 lane islamabad expressway , but one can hardly see a signboard for "handicapped"

be aware, that a handi capped person cannot reach these places on his wheel chair on his own. for a country like pakistan, its impossible. so its definitely for motorbikes.

^^ Sorry to burst your bubble regarding Pakistan's sudden and new-found awareness for handicapped people, but, in addition to pedestrians, these bridges are intended for motorcycle and bicycle access. The fact that they also help the handicapped is merely incidental.
True. And making bridges for handicapped is a big waste of money.

^^ Sorry to burst your bubble regarding Pakistan's sudden and new-found awareness for handicapped people, but, in addition to pedestrians, these bridges are intended for motorcycle and bicycle access. The fact that they also help the handicapped is merely incidental.

OK
:ohno:

http://markmail.org/download.xqy?id=mrwu6ojel6jm6iig&number=1

the southern loop will be twice the size of northern loop once completed. what a city lahore going to be once it gets completed along with the LRMT.

http://markmail.org/download.xqy?id=mrwu6ojel6jm6iig&number=1

the southern loop will be twice the size of northern loop once completed. what a city lahore going to be once it gets completed along with the LRMT.

Agreed. Look at the diagram, this road is very vital for growth of Lahore and bringing North Lahore (DHA etc...) and rest of New South Lahore to equal standard.

Putting JPGs here .. Click here for the large one (http://i.imgur.com/dBDRh.jpg).

http://i.imgur.com/oYKyX.png

Ring Road + more underpasses + flyovers + mass transit. Lahore is going to get pretty awesome in about 10 years!

but i dont think work on southern loop has started yet.... i think the LRR should be completed on priority basis....

Lahore will be awesome then BUT as southern loop will be of around 75 kms, it will need atleast around Rs. 70 billion to get it built (That is the question, from where Rs. 70 billion will come?)...

Agreed. Look at the diagram, this road is very vital for growth of Lahore and bringing North Lahore (DHA etc...) and rest of New South Lahore to equal standard.

Putting JPGs here .. Click here for the large one (http://i.imgur.com/dBDRh.jpg).

http://i.imgur.com/oYKyX.png

Something is wrong with this map. That doesn't seem to be the actual route of the Southern Loop, which passes in front of the airport and west of Lidher.

the report said it was the revised plan. more over, the roads near airport are mainhighways of DHA....they have always been owned by DHA and are known as commercial boulevards. i dont think they can connect LRR with the roads planned by DHA.

the report said it was the revised plan. more over, the roads near airport are mainhighways of DHA....they have always been owned by DHA and are known as commercial boulevards. i dont think they can connect LRR with the roads planned by DHA.

The road in front of the airport from Abdullah Gul Interchange to the Ghaznavi Road crosssing before Bhatta Chowk is the LRR, not DHA owned. LRR never enters the DHA.

If you go on Google Earth, see the u/c interchange at 31°27'57.82"N 74°25'56.37"E (east of Askari XI and Lidher village). You can see it taking a northwesterly direction towards the airport. Towards the south of the interchange, it then runs parrallel to Kamahan Road all they way up to Ferozepur Road (partially constructed and carpeted). This the LRR Southern Loop. You can notice that, south of the u/c interchange, it is an access-controlled 6-lane highway in the same pattern as the LRR Northern Loop.

The u/c road seen on Google Earth, which is the LRR Southern Loop, is not in the above map.

but i dont think work on southern loop has started yet.... i think the LRR should be completed on priority basis....

Behold the Southern Loop on Google Earth:

31°28'33.00"N 74°25'59.23"E

31°27'57.82"N 74°25'56.37"E

31°27'1.62"N 74°24'4.81"E

31°27'5.83"N 74°23'36.46"E

http://markmail.org/download.xqy?id=mrwu6ojel6jm6iig&number=1

the southern loop will be twice the size of northern loop once completed. what a city lahore going to be once it gets completed along with the LRMT.

This was once a plan, however what i read in news also is that it has been reduced so that southern loop will start "Gajju Matah" on ferozpur road, and will connect to Babu Sabu Interchange going going like an arc along the south. It is supposed to turn from Kamahan towards Gajju Matah. I do not know how is the progress at the moment on this section, but a few weeks back i heard some news on work starting on that section.

Look at this below
http://www.lahorepakistan.net/

yes thats true...n now southern loop is juz 45 km...

The road in front of the airport from Abdullah Gul Interchange to the Ghaznavi Road crosssing before Bhatta Chowk is the LRR, not DHA owned. LRR never enters the DHA.

If you go on Google Earth, see the u/c interchange at 31°27'57.82"N 74°25'56.37"E (east of Askari XI and Lidher village). You can see it taking a northwesterly direction towards the airport. Towards the south of the interchange, it then runs parrallel to Kamahan Road all they way up to Ferozepur Road (partially constructed and carpeted). This the LRR Southern Loop. You can notice that, south of the u/c interchange, it is an access-controlled 6-lane highway in the same pattern as the LRR Northern Loop.

The u/c road seen on Google Earth, which is the LRR Southern Loop, is not in the above map.

^^^ makes sense.

What will be the total length of LRR (Northern+Southern)

^^ Not clearly stated uptil now BUT it will be near to 90 kms...

Bhai logo that is an old map, the latest map which was printed by NESPAK was posted in the same thread few pages (more than few:)) back.

No physical activity at the moment for Southern loop. The latest official news are still the same that land acquisition is in progress.

^^ Quite right & still northern loop is not finished...

http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab196/mohsintufail/Misc/RingRoadNewMap.jpg

i think this is the new design ?

yep i think Strong was refering to this one

yes that one....

http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/E_Paper/28-08-2011/Lahore/p1-25_25.gif

:banana2:

can anyone get pics of the interchange

Nice work done, although this Interchange was competed atleast 1 month back...

nw northern loop is finally finished.....:cheers:

^^ Not really, still 3 packages to go...

Agreed. Look at the diagram, this road is very vital for growth of Lahore and bringing North Lahore (DHA etc...) and rest of New South Lahore to equal standard.

Putting JPGs here .. Click here for the large one (http://i.imgur.com/dBDRh.jpg).

http://i.imgur.com/oYKyX.png

This image is from an old document and the alignment of the southern loop shown here is incorrect. This was discussed about a year ago on some other forum (http://pakistaniat.com/2010/02/04/lahore-ring-road-project-help-us-build-this-post/).

The road in front of the airport from Abdullah Gul Interchange to the Ghaznavi Road crosssing before Bhatta Chowk is the LRR, not DHA owned. LRR never enters the DHA.

If you go on Google Earth, see the u/c interchange at 31°27'57.82"N 74°25'56.37"E (east of Askari XI and Lidher village). You can see it taking a northwesterly direction towards the airport. Towards the south of the interchange, it then runs parrallel to Kamahan Road all they way up to Ferozepur Road (partially constructed and carpeted). This the LRR Southern Loop. You can notice that, south of the u/c interchange, it is an access-controlled 6-lane highway in the same pattern as the LRR Northern Loop.

The u/c road seen on Google Earth, which is the LRR Southern Loop, is not in the above map.

Incorrect.

The southern loop will start from the Western side of Ferozepur Road. No sections of southern loop have so farf been constgructed.

I believe 2 sections of the northern loop which are to start form close to Kamahan are and will connect to Ferozepur road are still to be constructed.

I wish some one was maintaining a wiki on the ring road and kept it updated with all the news reports that get posted on this and other forums. That would make tracking very easy.

more pics guys?????????????? my eyes are thirsty.

CM inaugurates Ghazi Interchange on Ring Road

* Shahbaz says project will help in streamlining traffic flow

* Timely completion of projects being ensured across province

Ghazi Road Interchange Ring Road (Package-11) is an addition to the modern facilities provided to the citizens and aims to facilitate those travelling to Defence, Cantt and the adjoining areas as well as GT Road, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura Road and Motorway, said Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sahrif on Sunday, during the inauguration ceremony of the interchange.

“Ghazi Interchange is an excellent project which will greatly help in streamlining the flow of traffic,” the CM said, adding that the development projects executed in the current government’s tenure were unique with regards to their high standard and transparency. He said that all-out resources had been allocated for the uplift and welfare of the people and the government had promoted a culture of transparency in the province while the graveyards of corruption of the past have been turned into monuments of progress and development.

The CM said that transparency was a hallmark of the Punjab government and timely and quality completion of development projects was being ensured across the province while every penny of public money was being utilised in a transparent manner. “Corruption and misappropriation of funds in the name of development schemes has become a thing of the past and all uplift projects completed in the tenure of the present government are a masterpiece of architecture and comparable with works of the developed countries,” he said.

He added that special attention was also being paid to the uplift of backward and remote areas and development projects in these regions were being completed on priority basis. He said that a flyover costing Rs 670 million had recently been inaugurated in Bahawalpur. He said that a third-party audit system was being strictly implemented for ensuring a high standard of development work and transparent utilisation of funds. He appreciated the performance of NLC Sector Incharge Brigadier Shahid Majeed and PHA Director General Abdul Jabbar Shaheen regarding the high standard of construction work and horticulture of the project.

Bhatti chowk in 2004
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/309213_2372441076419_1412306753_3916668_3277728_n.jpg

Batti chowk in 2011
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/295842_2372442156446_1412306753_3916669_5736905_n.jpg

Niazi interchange
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/297145_2372442636458_1412306753_3916670_5466883_n.jpg

that is definatly not bhatta chowk

may be batti chowk.....

^^

Its Batti Chowk near Minar-e-Pakistan...

CM Shahbaz Inaugurate Ring Road Ghazi Interchange & Meeting Development Projects:

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CM Shahbaz Inaugurate Ring Road Ghazi Interchange & Meeting Development Projects:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-aF_NXJaBo">YouTube Link</a>

Looks good now..... I saw the preparations a fews days back for this inauguration......

^^

Looks great. Also, it takes only 20 minutes from Shahdra to reach Airport (distance is around 25 kms)...

Some great night shots of LRR Airport interchange
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6112724432_c6e53e1891_z.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6112713952_11c5c5654e_z.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6112208213_ff00e4420e_z.jpg

Pics by:messefect (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67131126@N02/)

Great pics... Looks awesome at night...

I am looking forward to the dha section for early completion.

Great pics... Looks awesome at night...

I am looking forward to the dha section for early completion.

kyun jee sultan seth?? bohat saare ghar kharedne hain aapko wahan par?? :tongue3:

Hi Guys,
I am new to this forum and have some pics related to this project. Kindly guide me how to upload these pics?

Hi Guys,
I am new to this forum and have some pics related to this project. Kindly guide me how to upload these pics?

Read this !!! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=593861)

Just a quick observation on the quality of work on the Ring Road.

It places it is bad, such that one is surprised!

Heading from Bhatta Chowk and now Ghazi Interchange, towards airport on the WEST service road which becomes and underpass and then a surface road again...

Well when you enter that road from Ghazi/Defence road Bhatta chowk side, the road surface is really really bad...depressions and un even surface of upto 4 inches in places...as if either the road foundation was not leveled properly, OR maybe traffic on the service road really dealt it to the road surface. I was pleasantly disappointed!

The main LRR is fine, could have been smoother with better fit and finish, but the story on the service roads is not so good.

Any one else tried the side roads?

These pictures are from "LRR road section between Ghazi Interchange and Bedian Interchange". This portion of road is in under construction.
http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR015.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR017.jpghttp://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR018.jpghttp://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR021.jpghttp://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR022.jpghttp://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR023.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR026.jpghttp://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR027.jpghttp://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR028.jpghttp://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR030.jpghttp://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR031.jpghttp://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/pkpars/LRR032.jpg

Hi Guys,
I am new to this forum and have some pics related to this project. Kindly guide me how to upload these pics?

:)

It's now over a year now since it's under construction... I want to use that section since I live close by....!!

^^ Thanx for the updates, kindly mention the date too when you captured the pics.

^^ Thanx for the updates, kindly mention the date too when you captured the pics.

Sunday 4th September.

Some great night shots of LRR Airport interchange
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6112724432_c6e53e1891_z.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6112713952_11c5c5654e_z.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6112208213_ff00e4420e_z.jpg

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Some stunning Pics SH. You have always come up with great and exclusive photographs. LRR is a good lanndmark for Lahore. But I am sorry to say that on my last visit to LRR in August ( I am working in UK ) I saw new U Turn provisions on Ring Road between Harbanspura n Shahidrah Interchanges. This is ridiculous situation. Anyone taking U turn on these points almost always ends up taking all three lanes on the other carriageway. Therefore forcing the traffic to slow down or even come to standstill on the otherside. I even witnessed a farmer leading a herd of cows in 3rd lane. Even rikshas parked up on Hard shoulder waiting for customers.

Some stunning Pics SH. You have always come up with great and exclusive photographs. LRR is a good lanndmark for Lahore. But I am sorry to say that on my last visit to LRR in August ( I am working in UK ) I saw new U Turn provisions on Ring Road between Harbanspura n Shahidrah Interchanges. This is ridiculous situation. Anyone taking U turn on these points almost always ends up taking all three lanes on the other carriageway. Therefore forcing the traffic to slow down or even come to standstill on the otherside. I even witnessed a farmer leading a herd of cows in 3rd lane. Even rikshas parked up on Hard shoulder waiting for customers.

you are rite and in total there are around 5 u turn provisions like these in that stretch

Some stunning Pics SH. You have always come up with great and exclusive photographs. LRR is a good lanndmark for Lahore. But I am sorry to say that on my last visit to LRR in August ( I am working in UK ) I saw new U Turn provisions on Ring Road between Harbanspura n Shahidrah Interchanges. This is ridiculous situation. Anyone taking U turn on these points almost always ends up taking all three lanes on the other carriageway. Therefore forcing the traffic to slow down or even come to standstill on the otherside. I even witnessed a farmer leading a herd of cows in 3rd lane. Even rikshas parked up on Hard shoulder waiting for customers.

you are rite and in total there are around 5 u turn provisions like these in that stretch

Well thanx eyorky but I just shared those pics here from a source that i have mentioned, real credit goes to that guy for taking stunning pics :)

Coming to that u-turn point, yes that is ridiculous indeed, but govt was never giving the permission for those dangerous u-turns, but the locals of that area conducted a huge protest last year and 1 person was killed in fight with security forces, the reason for protest was to provide the path, first some local villagers and the factory owners destructed the center shoulders themselves, then the city district govt agreed and constructed those dangerous u-turns :( You should have seen the recently constructed underpass near shadbagh, a loop shaped underpass, such underpasses are now needed along that portion where ever such dangerous u-turns have been given, but that would be nearly impossible due to lack of funds.

Hi,when is work expected to start on the southern loop and what is the expected date of completion of the entire ring road,i know it may be far away from now but still what is the expected date?

RR is a pretty nice drive. I'm impressed, along with the roads in cantt. + the improved traffic police. They should build the cantt-like roads in the rest of lhr as well.

good but we need some highrise space in Lahore city.

^^ Most of the High-rise projects in Lahore get scraped for some reason... e.g. Mubarak Centre, LDA tower, PC tower, Times Square, Bank Square, Alamgeer Tower, Mall 99 etc. While others develop too slowly... e.g. IT tower, Vogue Tower, Pace Circle, Xinhua Mall etc...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011


A representative delegation of Turkish Contractors Association headed by Chairman Turkey-Pakistan Business Council (Deik), Huseyin Akin called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, here today and discussed cooperation in different projects including Lahore Ring Road Southern Loop. The delegation comprised representatives of leading construction companies of Turkey.

Talking to the delegation, the Chief Minister said that assistance of Turk companies in development projects will be of immense pleasure for him. He said that Punjab government has created a favourable environment for investment in the province and bureaucratic formalities are not being allowed to impede development projects. He said that high quality and transparent completion of all development projects is being ensured. He said that Northern Loop of Lahore Ring Road is a unique example with regard to its standard. He said that investment in Southern Loop of Lahore Ring Road is a golden opportunity for Turk construction companies. The members of Turk delegation while evincing keen interest in investment in different projects including Southern Loop of Lahore Ring Road said that they will be happy to work with Punjab government. They said that they had held fruitful negotiations with Chairman Planning & Development regarding investment and had also visited Lahore Ring Road Northern Loop. Describing Northern Loop as a high quality project, they said that it was comparable with the projects of developed countries. They said that they will soon evolve a strategy regarding investment in Lahore Ring Road Southern Loop and submit the proposals in this regard next month. Provincial Minister for Education Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman, Member Provincial Assembly Mian Nauman Ahmad, Vice Chairman Punjab Investment Board, Chairman Planning and Development and Secretary Communication & Works were also present on this occasion.

Every few weeks we have some new company for this southern loop and Lahore Transport thing but nothing gets accomplished :(

They are still working on the road between Package 13 (Ghazi road Interchange) & Package 15 (DHA Phase V/VI Interchange). As far as work on DHA Phase V/VI Interchange is concerned, they are working on the loops of the Interchange...

hey.. do the people in LHR follow lanes ??
i thought the don't, but those night pic says that they do..

Indeed both the speed limits (100km) and lanes are followed by all. I was stopped by ring road police once due to too many sudden lane changes and driving mostly in the right lane according to what they claimed. I was given a warning and let go but to be watchful in the future as I was told by the officer. Even at red lights people line up since the police has enforced that for the past few years in most parts of the city.

Are Lahore's traffic tullas always looking to make a quick buck by taking bribe's like Karachi's traffic police? In khi, cops (both traffic & regular) mostly stop guys on bikes.

Also, you can't drive in the right lane unless you're overtaking? That's amazing. That law should be implemented all over Pakistan.

In Karachi, I was once chased by a traffic cop on a cruiser (those 500 cc Suzuki ones they used to have a long time back). He pulled over next to me (2003) and said "pagal ho gaey ho, araam se chalao" and that's it. Otherwise it's all rishwat. Except for Lyari Expressway where they'd give you a Rs. 700 challan for speeding. No BS, no rishwat. They're the same guys as the Motorway police.

In Lahore, in the rich areas they have this new type of traffic police. They don't take shit from you, but the only rule they care about is red light. And people do tend to obey it. The lane discipline doesn't exist there either and no-one cares. In Islamabad you have speed camera signs, so maybe an Islamabadi can tell if they actually catch you speeding and what happens when they do.

Are Lahore's traffic tullas always looking to make a quick buck by taking bribe's like Karachi's traffic police? In khi, cops (both traffic & regular) mostly stop guys on bikes.

Also, you can't drive in the right lane unless you're overtaking? That's amazing. That law should be implemented all over Pakistan.

Yes the old traffic "chillars" (yea people used to call those police walas as chillars) were always looking to fill their pockets and were really corrupt guys. But the percentage of taking bribe is nominal since this new traffic police got the charge, the reason might be that their salaries are good enough and secondly these guys are very sophisticated and minimum education requirement for job is Graduation.

The lane and speed limits laws are followed on ring road (lanes law not very strictly followd but speed limits laws are made to be followed).

In Karachi, I was once chased by a traffic cop on a cruiser (those 500 cc Suzuki ones they used to have a long time back). He pulled over next to me (2003) and said "pagal ho gaey ho, araam se chalao" and that's it. Otherwise it's all rishwat. Except for Lyari Expressway where they'd give you a Rs. 700 challan for speeding. No BS, no rishwat. They're the same guys as the Motorway police.

In Lahore, in the rich areas they have this new type of traffic police. They don't take shit from you, but the only rule they care about is red light. And people do tend to obey it. The lane discipline doesn't exist there either and no-one cares. In Islamabad you have speed camera signs, so maybe an Islamabadi can tell if they actually catch you speeding and what happens when they do.

New traffic police is in whole city not only in rich areas. Not only in Lhr but its in almost all the major cities now.

Yes no one cares for lane discipline here, although there are many signals in some rich areas where traffic police issues challans to drivers who do not stop their cars properly between the lanes at red light.

I also saw female traffic police in Lahore!

can somebody plz get pictures of ghazi interchange plz

Phase 1: Complete
Phase 2: Complete
Phase 3: Complete
Phase 4: Complete
Phase 5: Not started yet
Phase 6: 80 % complete
Phase 7: 70 % complete
Phase 8: 50 % complete
Phase 9: 70 % complete
Phase10: 70% complete
Phase11: Not started yet
Phase12: 70% complete
Phase13: 90% complete

^^ since i have visited all these phases so i have idea of which phase is at wht stage...however i dun have any idea of remaining phases...

Strong whts the status of these phases. I believe they are all completed by now.

Phase 1: Complete
Phase 2: Complete
Phase 3: Complete
Phase 4: Complete
Phase 5: Not started yet
Phase 6: Complete
Phase 7: Complete
Phase 8: Complete
Phase 9: Complete
Phase10: Complete
Phase11: Complete
Phase12: Complete
Phase13: Complete
Phase14: Don't have an exact idea but my guess is that its near completion
Phase15: 95% complete
Phase16: 99% complete
Phase17: 99% complete

which area is phase5 and why work has not started on it..?

Are Lahore's traffic tullas always looking to make a quick buck by taking bribe's like Karachi's traffic police? In khi, cops (both traffic & regular) mostly stop guys on bikes.

Also, you can't drive in the right lane unless you're overtaking? That's amazing. That law should be implemented all over Pakistan.

Then what will happen with those roads having only two lanes?

Then what will happen with those roads having only two lanes?

This:

you can't drive in the right lane unless you're overtaking

Then what will happen with those roads having only two lanes?

In advanced countries, you are encouraged to drive in the fast lane only when overtaking. That way, you can drive at your own pace, even if someone infront of you is going slow, you can simply overtake him since the fast lane will be less crowded. In Australia, you actually get fined for driving too long in the fast lane.

Obviously this isn't possible on very busy freeways/highways, but when there's some space on the roads, its a good law to have.

In advanced countries, you are encouraged to drive in the fast lane only when overtaking. That way, you can drive at your own pace, even if someone infront of you is going slow, you can simply overtake him since the fast lane will be less crowded. In Australia, you actually get fined for driving too long in the fast lane.

Obviously this isn't possible on very busy freeways/highways, but when there's some space on the roads, its a good law to have.

It is the law on M2 atleast .. first lane is just for over-taking.

^^ & for those who are driving at 150 km/h....:D

Phase14: Don't have an exact idea but my guess is that its near completion


Yep, around 80-85% completed...

ITS BEEN A WHILE ARA AND STRONGHEART POSTED ANY UPDATES ON THE RING ROAD..... please can you post some pics of ghazi interchange and other interchanges under construction.. please

Busy in work:( Shall try to get some pics soon in this wk!

‘Ring Road funds diverted to dengue drive’

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The Punjab budget for fiscal year 2011-12 included Rs14 billion for the construction of Southern Loop 1. Now the government is looking for investors to provide the funds for the rest of the Loop. SL1 is scheduled to be completed by June 2012.

Funds reserved for the Lahore Ring Road have been shifted to the effort to fight the dengue epidemic, delaying work on the project, The Express Tribune has learnt.

The menace of dengue outbreak, which has haunt thousands of citizens especially in Lahore, can be conjectured with the fact that the Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif has sacrificed his dream project of Lahore Ring Road (LRR) for the time being by shifting the development funds to control dengue epidemic, The Express Tribune has learnt.

The Punjab budget for fiscal year 2011-12 included Rs14 billion for the construction of Southern Loop 1. Revenue Department officials involved in land surveys and acquisition for SL1, as well as contractors and sub contractors, have been told to stop working for the time being, said an official of the Project Management Unit for the Ring Road.

The Punjab government is looking for investors to provide the funds for the rest of the Southern Loop. SL1 is scheduled to be completed by June 2012.

The official said that work on land acquisition had been underway when the process was halted.

The main contractor, the National Logistics Cell (NLC), has been told to move their manpower and machinery, currently being used to complete the Multan Road revamp, to incomplete sections of the Northern Loop instead of the Southern Loop, he said.

Lahore Commissioner and LRR Project Director Jawad Rafique Malik denied that funds allocated for SL1 had been diverted to the dengue campaign. He also said that officials were still surveying for land acquisition.

The Northern Loop starts at Bund Road near Saggian Interchange and ends at the Sui Gas Housing Society Interchange bordering Defence Phases IV and V. SL1 will run from the Sui Gas Society to Ferozepur Road, with interchanges near Gajju Mata and the Ashiyana housing scheme. The 8.7-km stretch will connect Ferozepur Road with the Ravi Interchange and is expected to reduce the traffic rush on Ferozepur Road and Ghazi Road.

The Punjab government is still searching for investors to fund the rest of the Southern Loop, which will connect Ferozepur Road with Babu Sabu Interchange. A Turkish construction company visited Lahore a month ago and expressed an interest in the project, but no firm offer had been received by the Punjab government yet, the official said.

Meanwhile, construction work on Northern Loop Package 16, which runs through DHA, has been completed while Packages 14 and 15 are still not. Package 14, from Bhatta Chowk Interchange to Bedian Road Interchange, was scheduled to be completed this July.

Malik, the project director, said that he had met with NLC officials and asked them to step up work on the remaining part of the Northern Loop. “Work on both packages will take around a month to complete,” he said.

^^ WTF

RR will be just like an ordinary road from the city in a few years, judging from the khota-raiRees and pedestrians all over it that interrupt the smooth flow of traffic quite frequently during the daytime.

^^ Some part already is!

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_LHE/20111021/Sub_Images/1101359168-1.jpg

^^ nice. wish they have separate lane for the rickshaws

Looks awesome...:okay:

LRR latest pics from panoramio
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LRR near Netsol

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Ghazi road Interchange

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All pics by skybolt (http://www.panoramio.com/user/1011722?comment_page=1&photo_page=7)

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Mehmood buti interchange

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nice. nice. this is easily the best infrastructure project in the region..

:applause::applause:

nice..

Dude what is wrong with every one over here, we have seen these pics like 50 times before, can't any one post the latest development pics of DHA Phase 5/6 interchange and Package 14. Before anyone says why don't you post the pics let me tell you I have been there my self on the Small EID and I took my camera but unfortunately it was out of power. Can some one please post the updates of the sui gas section and the situation of the initial stages of the southern loop. Thank you.

Dude what is wrong with every one over here, we have seen these pics like 50 times before, can't any one post the latest development pics of DHA Phase 5/6 interchange and Package 14. Before anyone says why don't you post the pics let me tell you I have been there my self on the Small EID and I took my camera but unfortunately it was out of power. Can some one please post the updates of the sui gas section and the situation of the initial stages of the southern loop. Thank you.

what an excuse. you could have said that you were lazy enough and the rest of the sky scrapers are doing really nice in order to inform us all... :)

Dude what is wrong with every one over here, we have seen these pics like 50 times before, can't any one post the latest development pics of DHA Phase 5/6 interchange and Package 14. Before anyone says why don't you post the pics let me tell you I have been there my self on the Small EID and I took my camera but unfortunately it was out of power. Can some one please post the updates of the sui gas section and the situation of the initial stages of the southern loop. Thank you.

No!

^^ like your answer. Thanks for posting the pics

I am sorry I did not mean to be rude I am just waiting for the southern loop to start and am so frustrated with the Punjab Govt for not giving any further updates on the SL. They say they will start it after the completion of the NL so I want the NL complete ASAP :)

I am sorry I did not mean to be rude I am just waiting for the southern loop to start and am so frustrated with the Punjab Govt for not giving any further updates on the SL. They say they will start it after the completion of the NL so I want the NL complete ASAP :)

Perhaps you can provide some funds for the project if you are so impatient

bro trust me if i had the money i would. but i think some influential people whose interests lie in the SL have already paid but still no construction.

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Thanks for sharing the pics SH...

^^ Some part already is!

In those parts, it would've been better if they built elevated segments for LRR. I mean, they built overhead pedestrian bridges every few kilometers but nobody uses them because it is 10x easier & shorter for the pedestrian to just interrupt traffic and get across. Looks like a great project overall, but some segments were very poorly conceived given the amount of pedestrian saturation in select parts.

In those parts, it would've been better if they built elevated segments for LRR. I mean, they built overhead pedestrian bridges every few kilometers but nobody uses them because it is 10x easier & shorter for the pedestrian to just interrupt traffic and get across. Looks like a great project overall, but some segments were very poorly conceived given the amount of pedestrian saturation in select parts.

Agree, though it would've been much more costly, but would have served the purpose of a Ring road in a best manner. What are they doing now is the construction of walls 7 ft high along the shoulders to protect pedestrians from entering the ring road and to force them to use the pedestrian bridges.

nice highway Allah bless Pakistan