Hats off to SS:)

Now if only they could remove all the wiring, that place would looks amazing

Now if only they could remove all the wiring, that place would looks amazing

Don't think that is possible. There's a gird station just next door on Ferozepure Rd

Does it work?

Why don't you buy a flippin ticket and go visit yourself ?

Does it work?

That was a million dollar question my friend! the answer is "YES IT DOES WORK!"

Hats off to SS:)

Well done ,What a soft Islamic effect. Will done Shabaze Sharif

Well done ,What a soft Islamic effect. Will done Shabaze Sharif

Shabaze Sharif :nuts:

Muslim Town Flyover
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O bhai relax :)! its the route of BRT and its U/C

Should we say Mestary (mason)......Allah Rakha

Shabaze Sharif :nuts:


Should we say Mestary (mason)......Allah Rakha

Has punjab govt done anything for old lahore? areas near minar-e-pakistan, ravi road, badami bagh, data darbaar, area around govt college, they all require serious attention. These areas have a traffic jam 24/7, it doesnt matter what time of the day you go there, its always packed with people, and cars. That area of lahore deserves some attention. Around 40 new flyovers/underpasses should be built to control traffic (I know im not being realistic). Traffic is a mess there, just go on google earth and look at it yourself. Every street is jam packed. No idea why the govt did not focus on that area. Its really sad

Only PHA (Parks & Horticulture authority) as done some job. Green belts have been upgraded & some parks have been built around the walled city. Nothing else! traffic & encroachment situation is worse than before.

The first service center for LRMIS (Land record management information system) has been inaugurated today! Was a long awaited project. Would be implemented fully in whole Punjab by the end of 2013!

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Dr Umer Saif in above pic! A very competent and famous man in IT :) currently controlling the IT board of Punjab govt

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^^

Nice step, it was badly needed as it will slowly wipe out Patwaarees...

Patwaris are still very much against it and a vast campaign is being run by them to stop the execution of this project!

Completion status of roads under Muslim town flyover

Construction of roads = 75 % complete

Completion date = 30th June, 2012

^^^^SO finally people are going to get rid of PATWAREE system.Good step SS:cheers2:

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The first service center for LRMIS (Land record management information system) has been inaugurated today! Was a long awaited project. Would be implemented fully in whole Punjab by the end of 2013!



bravo. this is a great step.

Road congestion: City govt revives proposal for parking plazas

CONSTRUCTION COST: Rs2.34b is the estimated cost of building six parking plazas proposed by the city govt.

The city government and the Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency (TEPA) have revived plans for the construction of parking plazas in the city and sent a proposal to the chief minister for approval, The Express Tribune has learnt.

The proposal sent to the chief minister calls for the construction of six plazas, including one entirely underground and one for motorbikes, at a cost of Rs2.3431 billion.

The city government had sent a similar proposal to the chief minister last year, but it was never approved. Executive District Officer (EDO) for Municipal Services Muhammad Masood Tamanna said that the new proposal for six parking plazas included some of the same plazas suggested last year and some new ones. He said he did not know why the last year’s proposal had not been approved.

The city government feels that building parking plazas will ease some of the traffic congestion in Lahore caused by cars parking on the side of the road. The Punjab government built a parking plaza near Liberty Chowk in December 2010, at whose inauguration the chief minister pledged to build nine more plazas, but it has remained largely unused.

Six plazas
The city government and TEPA had identified 18 areas in Lahore where park and ride plazas could be built, and then narrowed the choice to six in the proposal sent to the chief minister.

These include a two-storey underground plaza at Neela Gumbad, to be built under the fountain, on an area of 14 kanals, six marlas and 200 square feet, at a cost of Rs600 million; a six-storey plaza, with two storeys underground, on six kanals next to a tonga stand outside Delhi Gate at a cost of Rs388 million; a seven-storey plaza with shops on eight kanals and six marlas at Shah Alam Gate, costing Rs627 million; a four-storey plaza with shops covering 14 kanals opposite Muslim Hotel Anarkali costing Rs604 million; a five-storey plaza on one kanal and 10 marlas at Ichhra costing Rs80.88 million; and a four-storey plaza only for motorbikes behind Zaitoon Plaza on Hall Road costing Rs43.2 million.

The other areas identified as potential sites for parking plazas were near the H Karim Bukhsh store in Liberty, at Mochi Gate, at Masti Gate, near the City Railway Station, near Chen One on Hali Road, at Lohari Gate, at the Doongi Ground on MM Alam Road (the property remains disputed), on Model Town Link Road, in Shadman opposite the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, behind Naqi Market and at Victoria Park on The Mall, behind the cinema at Rang Mehal, at Dyal Singh Mansion and near Sadiq Plaza on Jail Road.

Officials said that a Turkish company had made several visits to the city to look at how the parking system could be automated. The company would be made part of an independent company called the Lahore Parking Company, along the lines of the Lahore Waste Management Company.

EDO Tamanna said that the parking plazas to be built would be automated. He said that he did not know how they would be funded, as the proposal was at a very early stage.

Whats the status of a link road construction? I dont understand why they would make the link road wider. All they need to do is make proper parking spaces and keep the road traffic flow smooth. Its a commercial area. Widing a road wont help

How many exactly years ago you visited link road? Link road definitely required widening.

somebody from lahore told me a new flyover is being constructed from civ seretariat to mazang chungi. Construction has started on 19 June and traffic is diverted. Is it true?

somebody from lahore told me a new flyover is being constructed from civ seretariat to mazang chungi. Construction has started on 19 June and traffic is diverted. Is it true?
its elevated section of BRTS

Work in Progress
Allama Iqbal Road (Garhi Shahu)

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^^ Absolutely no regards for a sidewalk. When will we learn that sidewalk is extremely important as it can not only prevent accidents, it also helps in a smoother traffic flow because you wont have people randomly walking on the road. seriously, someone needs to ask this question to authorities.

Are you half-blind ? can't you see sidewalk in pictures ?

show me a sidewalk in this picture, genius.

I'll let other judge the picture and laugh at you. Seems like you are just namely from Lahore and you haven't landed here in ages.

^^ Absolutely no regards for a sidewalk. When will we learn that sidewalk is extremely important as it can not only prevent accidents, it also helps in a smoother traffic flow because you wont have people randomly walking on the road. seriously, someone needs to ask this question to authorities.

Are you half-blind ? can't you see sidewalk in pictures ?

Both are semi-correct. There is a tiny sidewalk there but not nearly enough.

Missing sidewalks are a major problem in all Pakistani cities. They build really, really wide roads and very narrow or no sidewalks. Where sidewalks exist they're not continuous as different buildings have mismatching sidewalks.

For example in Karachi Tariq Road has broken, narrow sidewalks that are all different as you walk past different buildings. The whole of DHA in Karachi had no sidewalks at all till recently but now they're trying to build them in some places.

For a country with so many pedestrians we need wide sidewalks that are kept free of encroachment from vendors and parked cars. That's a basic necessity for a minimally planned city.

Dont run away from the topic. Please show me a sidewalk in that picture. You must be from a small australian village lol and have probably never seen a proper sidewalk in your life. :lol:

don't you have anything better to do? BTW look again the man on far left wearing white shirt with black pants walking away from the picture he is walking on a footpath! I think you don't know what a footpath is or you missed it because of the width? let me remind you that not all the footpath are as width as there in Canada! :)

By the way, Pakistani cities have very, very wide streets compared to European or even North American cities so it's not like there's no space for sidewalks. It's just that pedestrians are considered low-life and unimportant.

The trend in Europe and even in Canada is to make sidewalks broader and roads narrower.

Bloor Street in Toronto was recently redeveloped and see how wide they made the sidewalk:

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That picture of Lahore has a bloody wide street, probably enough for 3-4 lanes in each direction but almost nothing for pedestrians. It a scandal.

We need to keep pointing out errors in this forum in the hope that someone in charge of planning in Pakistan will see it.

See what it looks like now with the plants fully grown. That's what a pedestrian-friendly, fully landscaped sidewalk should look like.

http://www.bloor-yorkville.com/img/project_img/008-large.jpg

100 years ago the west was a dustbin like pakistan but with every development in the west they made sidewalks and covered the dirt thats why the west remains clean while people build nice buildings in pakistan no one cares to cover the dirt or dust in front of stores..and then if some one does make a pathway in front it never matches the next property and turns into a complete mess

100 years ago the west was a dustbin like pakistan but with every development in the west they made sidewalks and covered the dirt thats why the west remains clean while people build nice buildings in pakistan no one cares to cover the dirt or dust in front of stores..and then if some one does make a pathway in front it never matches the next property and turns into a complete mess

+1 million...that's one of the biggest problems with al ldevelopments in Pak. The whole MM Alam road in lahore looks like crap because of these issues, even though the restaurants there have top-notch interiors.

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Yaar shakeel, we're just discussing what it should be like, not what the reality is. We know the reality is not good but it's not rocket science to have decent footpaths/sidewalks. If the planners can be persuaded to build them then they can be built. That's the sort of thing we have this forum to discuss.

Are we so primitive that we can't even aspire to have decent sidewalks?

Maybe the law at the moment is for every building to build a footpath in front but the correct way would be for the city government to build wide sidewalks themselves so that they're continuous.

By the way, Pakistani cities have very, very wide streets compared to European or even North American cities so it's not like there's no space for sidewalks. It's just that pedestrians are considered low-life and unimportant.

The trend in Europe and even in Canada is to make sidewalks broader and roads narrower.

Bloor Street in Toronto was recently redeveloped and see how wide they made the sidewalk:



Your are right about road widths, BUT ALSO REMEMBER that the western cities have robust public transport system which means less vehicles, while in pakistan there is no public transport apart from some unorganized buses.

Yaar shakeel, we're just discussing what it should be like, not what the reality is. We know the reality is not good but it's not rocket science to have decent footpaths/sidewalks. If the planners can be persuaded to build them then they can be built. That's the sort of thing we have this forum to discuss.

Are we so primitive that we can't even aspire to have decent sidewalks?

Maybe the law at the moment is for every building to build a footpath in front but the correct way would be for the city government to build wide sidewalks themselves so that they're continuous.


My apologies - just edited the post. Positive criticism is good but when people sitting outside who never been on ground start criticizing - that hit the nerve.

Your are right about road widths, BUT ALSO REMEMBER that the western cities have robust public transport system which means less vehicles, while in pakistan there is no public transport apart from some unorganized buses.

If you're implying that there's less traffic in the West then that's not so. They have a lot more cars there than there are in Pakistani cities. Our problem is disorganization and lack of obeying laws - cars parked all over the place, rickshaws, bicycles, donkey-carts, pedestrians etc.

Streets in Pakistan appear to me to be quite wide. If traffic laws were applied then the same roads can handle a lot more volume of traffic.

Plus we definitely need better public transport. The BRTS won't be enough, we also need light rail in all the major Pakistani cities. But we definitely also need to make cities more pedestrian friendly.

To do all this we need to bring good city planners to Pakistan to create a fully integrated master plan instead of doing things randomly. Every problem in Pakistan comes down to bad management.

If you're implying that there's less traffic in the West then that's not so. They have a lot more cars there than there are in Pakistani cities. Our problem is disorganization and lack of obeying laws - cars parked all over the place, rickshaws, bicycles, donkey-carts, pedestrians etc.

Streets in Pakistan appear to me to be quite wide. If traffic laws were applied then the same roads can handle a lot more volume of traffic.

Plus we definitely need better public transport. The BRTS won't be enough, we also need light rail in all the major Pakistani cities. But we definitely also need to make cities more pedestrian friendly.

To do all this we need to bring good city planners to Pakistan to create a fully integrated master plan instead of doing things randomly. Every problem in Pakistan comes down to bad management.
Exactly what I say. When people say there are too many cars in Karachi then my reply is that there're too many law-breaking idiots. Our roads are wide enough to handle thrice the amount of traffic only if laws are obeyed, except maybe for a few chokepoints like Metropole.

Tiles offloading for pavement on our desi sidewalk :) (Allama Iqbal Road)

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Encroachments peeled off at Garhi Shahu (Allama Iqbal Road)

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Encroachments peeled off at Garhi Shahu (Allama Iqbal Road)



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This structure looks very dangerous - need to check how strong and deep the base is ..

@ ahmadnaveed ... Whats the status of Allama Iqbal road now ? Have they closed the Garhi Shahu crossing and the crossing where Queen Mary College is located ? Widening of road is not enough, they should close all these unnecessary crossings and build 1 or 2 u-turns for smooth flow of traffic.

^^ Exactly, they should.

But unfortunately they aren't doing anything to remove these choking points. A flyover at Garhi Shahu is the only solution.

As for status, it will take another month to complete.

^^

Deadline is June 30th, 2012...

LAHORE - DCO Noor-ul-Amin Mengal while chairing the District Design Committee, granted approval to three commercial buildings for construction. The Design Committee during its meeting at the Town Hall on Friday also approved the construction plan of a Honda showroom at Tokhar Naiz Baig Multan Road with directions to allocate 50 feet of open space and to increase the parking space. 9 cases for the construction of commercial buildings in Lahore were discussed in detail. The meeting approved the construction plan of a four-storey commercial building at Johar Town.

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Missing deadlines: WASA MD suspended over road delay

Work on the 2.93 km road started in June 2011 at an estimated cost of Rs550 million, later revised to Rs593 million.

A fourth senior officer became a casualty of the Allama Iqbal Road construction delay when Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif issued orders to suspend WASA Managing Director Javed Iqbal visiting the site on Sunday morning.

Work on the 2.93 km road started in June 2011 at an estimated cost of Rs550 million, later revised to Rs593 million. WASA was given three months to lay a new 48-inch diameter drain and construct a Rs143 million disposal station.

WASA was unable to complete the work on time and an inquiry was ordered against four officers. Three were terminated and one given a reduced term in service.

Naveed Pervaiz, the Operation and Management deputy managing director, told The Express Tribune that the disposal station was still not operational when the CM visited it on Sunday. “It is going to delay the inauguration of the road which the CM had set for June 25,” he said. “That was why the CM suspended the WASA MD.”

He said that the delay was caused by a land dispute regarding the disposal station site with Pakistan Railways that continued from November 2011 to April 2012 when a new site near the Bird Market was acquired for Rs3.8 million.

The drain, due to be built from Mohammad Nagar to Mayo Gardens, was then extended to the site.

He said that the disposal station construction, scheduled to take three months, was completed on time but it would take a few more days to make it operational.

Waqar Ahmad Goraya, district officer for roads 3, said that the CM had set a new deadline of July 15 which they expected to meet. He said that they could not be blamed for the delay since road construction could only start after WASA completed its job.

WASA officials said that another reason for the chief minister’s unhappiness was that he had ordered that 38 tubewells be installed in the city, but only 15 had been installed. They said that there were also allegations of corruption in the installation of a tubewell at Karim Park.

CM may inaugurate Allama Iqbal Road on 15th July by hook or by crook but walk-side pavements, electricity poles, and a lot of finishing work will take months to complete.

‘Dreams’ Buried Under Rubble of Plazas

LAHORE – Despite lapse of three years, the inquiry committees of Lahore Development Authority formed by the provincial government have failed to complete inquiries for compensation, insiders informed TheNation on Tuesday.

Most of owners of shops, flats and offices in the demolished plazas were paying installments regularly while a few had paid the amount in advance to the owners. However, after demolition of illegal plazas including Al Rehman Medical Centre Gulberg Ferozpur Road, Inam Intext Garden Town, Ravi Centre, Jess Heights, Big City Main Boulevard Gulberg, Ahad Tower Kalma Chowk, Bridal Plaza, Tariq Plaza Model Town Link Road, a plaza adjacent to Telenor Telecom Company and three plazas situated in PIA Housing Society, the stakeholders running pillar to post for contacting the owners and developers of such plazas for compensation or return of their paid amount but in vain.

Talking to TheNation, Muhammad Amin said when he contacted the owners of a demolished plaza, situated at Ferozpur Road, they replied that they had spent millions of rupees on the construction with good intention while the government demolished the plazas for which they are not responsible as they also to bear loss worth billions of rupees. They refused to pay back the amount, he added.

The inquiry committees of the LDA also failed to complete and produce reports of 12 demolished plazas so far even after lapse of about three years. Even the committees have not bothered to start the proceedings in this regard to resolve the issue of stakeholders and owners of such plazas. The main objective for the formation of these committees was to prepare suggestions and recommendations for redressing the complaints of stakeholders vis-a-vis compensation, the sources added.

Earlier, the LDA marked 31 plazas for demolition during a crackdown on illegal constructions in the year 2009-10 but they could not prepare assessment report vis-à-vis financial losses despite directions of the provincial government, the sources further added.

The two different committees were constituted by the government; one headed by Justice (r) Amir Raza Khan and the other by the then Lahore Division Commissioner Khusro Pervaiz. Both the committees were constituted for reviewing whether the action taken by government against illegal plazas was justified or not so that the stakeholders could be compensated in case the demolition operation was not justified.

The action against illegally constructed plazas in the City was initiated by the provincial government and LDA on the orders of Supreme Court, which was later halted for indefinite period because different segments of the society including the leaders of different political parties criticised it.

However, fate of hundreds of illegally constructed commercial plazas and shops situated at non-commercial areas of LDA-controlled areas and housing colonies is hanging in balance as the authorities left the issue on discretion of the provincial government.

The sources further informed that the LDA had further banned commercial constructions at main boulevards of Johar Town and Gulshan-e-Ravi so far while the authorities could not decide the fate of plazas and shops, already constructed without the permission of the LDA authorities.

However, on the roads falling in proposed Central Business District and under Lahore Urban Regeneration Studies area, the interim policy issued in November 2009 and April 2010 would remain applicable till the approval of CBD area development plans, they further added.

They said the authorities were making another study in order to finalise their status whether to permit them or not, giving them legal status or to demolish these hundreds of unlawful structures. They said most probably the owners of such structures would be given legal status because demolishing process of such a big number of buildings might be a hard target for the authorities.

In fact, the authorities used to take action against the illegal construction in the LDA controlled areas after completion of such buildings perhaps due to poor mechanism for controlling these illegal constructions before start, they concluded.

Hurry to inaugurate (Allama Iqbal Road - Work in progress at night)

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Should not end up like this

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LAHORE: A man was killed when part of a pedestrian bridge collapsed at Ring Road in Harbanspura area of Lahore Thursday morning, Geo News reported.

According to sources, part of the bridge came down when a truck was passing under the bridge resultantly trapping two persons under its rubble. Later, it was discovered that the one man had died under the rubble. Due to collapse, the traffic from airport to Harbanspura was suspended.

After the accident, rescue teams reached the spot soon after getting the news while Commissioner Lahore also visited the site.

Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has ordered an immediate inquiry into the matter and to present the probe report of the incident. He has also formed an investigating team comprising Chairman of MIT, Secretary C & W, Chief Engineer South and Dean of UET.

The News, Lahore

Many contractors in Lahore are using a 30+ years old technology to build roads and bridges. Btw the truck must have hit the bridge which caused this accident. Many trucks are over loaded and have little regard for safety.

The truck did not hit the pedestrian bridge. Please refrain from speculating. There was at least a 5 ft. clearance between the bridge and the truck (please see the height of the standing structure in the above picture) and neither did the truck hit a pillar. This is a case of substandard construction and the CEO of the construction company, Khalid Rauf, has been arrested.

By the way, this belongs in the Lahore Ring Road thread.

Habib Construction tends to use newer machines and technology. They are also good with their website updates and such.

I passed through this point just before 15 mins of this incident.

Habib Construction tends to use newer machines and technology. They are also good with their website updates and such.

This was not constructed by Habib Construction.

not bridge collapse incident is not a good sign for the development projects...

Finally - this is happening. Definitely will improve the prospects for LWMC as the society people are willing to pay for better services for sure.

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This was not constructed by Habib Construction.

I think this would be some outsource thing. Also the columns of these bridges are very thin (based on the stress factor they might be alright) but my suspicion is that ground moved and the structure became unstable. But while saying that, it was the responsibility of the architect to judge and secure the ground.

The truck did not hit the pedestrian bridge. Please refrain from speculating. There was at least a 5 ft. clearance between the bridge and the truck (please see the height of the standing structure in the above picture) and neither did the truck hit a pillar. This is a case of substandard construction and the CEO of the construction company, Khalid Rauf, has been arrested.

By the way, this belongs in the Lahore Ring Road thread.

Jang confirmed today that the dumper had it's dumping area unlatched and that hit the bridge - nevertheless bridge shouldn't have fallen with this impact.

:(


LAHORE, HarbandPura - June 28, 2012

The middle part of an overhead bridge on Ring Road collapsed when (reportedly) a truck hit one of its pillars. The truck driver died on the spot.


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^^ Judging by the pictures - it definitely is true that the truck's loader portion which is of full steel usually hit the bridge.

Also this from today's news:

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:(


LAHORE, HarbandPura - June 28, 2012

The middle part of an overhead bridge on Ring Road collapsed when (reportedly) a truck hit one of its pillars. The truck driver died on the spot.


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This is the same as the pedestrian bridge on RR or is it a different one?

This is the same as the pedestrian bridge on RR or is it a different one?

Same.

MCB IT Tower near AIIA has reached 2nd floor...

^^
Rashid bhai! u should take some pics of all the buildings at this point. As i came to know from a random thread that u r now shifted to DHA from johar town so it won't be difficult for u to take pics ;)

there was a also a rumor about "unicorn Hotel" near AIIA

^^
Rashid bhai! u should take some pics of all the buildings at this point. As i came to know from a random thread that u r now shifted to DHA from johar town so it won't be difficult for u to take pics ;)


^^ you have the wrong map of Pakistan it should include occupied Kashmire as well.

:?

Of course the overhead bridge was substandard. When this type of infrastructure is built they're supposed to anticipate getting hit with vehicles.

For one thing, they they should build overhead bridges higher. Secondly the entrances to the highway should have gates with barriers indicating the maximum height so that vehicles that are too high can't get onto the highway. Thirdly, the structures should be strong enough to withstand a collusion.

^^
Rashid bhai! u should take some pics of all the buildings at this point. As i came to know from a random thread that u r now shifted to DHA from johar town so it won't be difficult for u to take pics ;)

Okay I will take some pics in a day or two...

Of course the overhead bridge was substandard. When this type of infrastructure is built they're supposed to anticipate getting hit with vehicles.

For one thing, they they should build overhead bridges higher. Secondly the entrances to the highway should have gates with barriers indicating the maximum height so that vehicles that are too high can't get onto the highway. Thirdly, the structures should be strong enough to withstand a collusion.
Normally there's like a "crumple zone" in the shape of an extra concrete wall protecting the bridge.

I agreed with Metropole's 1st suggestion.
The bridges and underpasses should be built higher so that every type of vehicles can cross it easily. These types of collisions are getting common in Lahore. About 2 years ago, same incident occured when five children died while sitting on the roof of a bus which was going through Jinnah Hospital underpass.

what are the new plans for the Smanabad Morr and Yateemkhana chowk??

^^
The original plan was to build underpasses at these choking points. But 2 years ago they changed their decision (may be due to lack of funds).. But i hope so they'll build underpasses as a part of Multan road reconstruction project.

@ Ahmad Rashid Ahmad
There are five different plots near Abdullah Gul Interchange. Can u (or anyone) tell me about these ? I mean which one is for Pace circle, EOBI Hotel and MCB IT tower ?

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t520/umarfarooq902/Copyofb.jpg

5 is Pace circle, 4 is Novotel site and 3 is MCB IT site. As far as I know there is nothing u/c at 1 & 2

5 is Pace circle, 4 is Novotel site and 3 is MCB IT site. As far as I know there is nothing u/c at 1 & 2

5 is Pace Circle, 4 is EOBI hotel & mix development (as Novotel - Accor is no more in Pakistan), 1 is MCB IT Tower (Its plot is not that big, its even less than half of what u have mentioned)...

http://jang.com.pk/jang/jul2012-daily/01-07-2012/updates/7-1-2012_111972_1.gif

Thanks SH and ARA :)

^^ Link Road is under beautification :)

MM Alam Road widening project approved

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority will start the project of improvement and widening of two kilometres long M.M.Alam Road Gulberg in the current month which would be completed within a period of three months.

Chief Engineer LDA Asrar Saeed stated here on Monday that the estimated cost of this project was Rs 350 millions.

Giving details of the project, he told that this dual carriage way will consist of two lanes on each side and LED solar lights will be installed along this road.

Parking arrangements would be made on both sides and buildings would be constructed after leaving a setback of 30 feet from the road.

MM Alam Road widening project approved

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority will start the project of improvement and widening of two kilometres long M.M.Aalam Road Gulberg in the current month which would be completed within a period of three months.

Chief Engineer LDA Asrar Saeed stated here on Monday that the estimated cost of this project was Rs 350 millions.

Giving details of the project, he told that this dual carriage way will consist of two lanes on each side and LED solar lights will be installed along this road.

Parking arrangements would be made on both sides and buildings would be constructed after leaving a setback of 30 feet from the road.

And the current overhead electrification will be converted into underground electrification. I hope proper walking lanes for pedestrians will also be constructed.

And the current overhead electrification will be converted into underground electrification. I hope proper walking lanes for pedestrians will also be constructed.

Thats a good news. Seriously i hate these ugly looking electric poles and wires.

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That would be great...

I heard they have dug up ferozpur road beyond qainchi bridge to lay tracks for a mass transit of some sort. I asked whether it was a bus transit, but the repky was negative. Can someone confirm what is goung on there?

Ferozepur Road work inconveniences citizens

Prolonged re-construction activity along Ferozepur Road has put the citizens in a perpetual state of trouble while creating multiple commuting problems.

The Ferozepur Road is the top thoroughfare of the city and does not only connect the major roads across the city but also serves as an inter-city transportation channel, hosting inter-city passenger and goods transport.

The previous Punjab government, understanding this importance, had worked on widening the road by elimination of encroachments and rebuilding all deteriorating sections. The incumbent provincial government too had taken this project forward and made Ferozepur road a test case of ensuring good governance. The Lahore Transport Company (LTC) also employed mass funds and human resource in ensuring the optimum for the road.

The two massive over-head bridges – one at Kalma Chowk and the other over FC College underpass and Muslim Town Morr – were also a part of the same plan to ensure smooth traffic on the road.

The Punjab government’s plan to build the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), however, changed the whole picture. The well-built road was dug up in the middle, all the way from its start at the Qartaba Crossing to make way for the channel for the BRT. The digging up of the road started from its posterior end from Kahna Nau right up till the Kalma Chowk bridge. This resulted in narrowing of the road in both lanes which created sever bottlenecks at the Ghazi Road intersection, Ittefaq Hospital Crossing and all subsequent crossings that fall on the road. Hours and hours of traffic jams have become a regular feature on Ferozepur road. Now with the construction activity extending all the way to Qartaba Crossing, it is getting from bad to worse.

Another alarming fact is the hazard posted by the construction process and construction material.The loose iron infrastructure protrudes dangerously towards the roadside in addition to the construction material piled in the fast lane. A number of commuters have got into accidents either trying to avoid these obstacles ending up crashing into another vehicle or bumping into the construction material itself.

This construction of BRT has forced redesigning of the over-head bridge at the Muslim Town Canal Underpass. This has lead to two fast lanes: One of the descending overhead bridge and the other of the lane coming under the bridge in the same direction. The lane below dangerously merges with the descending lane, and has already caused accidents.

The whole periphery of the road stays engulfed in dust all daylong, and most part of the night as well, which is a respiratory health hazard and causes increasing nuisance for the inhabitants of the area.

The TEPA spokesperson, commenting on the issue, said the construction activity was underway to provide better public transportation, terming it a key problem for the masses. He said any construction activity involved a certain amount of disturbance and all steps were being taken to minimize the (side) effects of the activity

I heard they have dug up ferozpur road beyond qainchi bridge to lay tracks for a mass transit of some sort. I asked whether it was a bus transit, but the repky was negative. Can someone confirm what is goung on there?

They are widening the qainchi bridge.

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People are still parking cars on main road which is creating a mess on the road and no one was there to restrict them :ohno:
A parking plaza is badly needed there.

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Much better than before...

the new roads last about a week then they get covered with dust and look like any road in a village!

where are the turkish sweeper trucks? i mean are u guys noticing a cleaner lahore?

It is the same all over the world, people only stop by the "danda of jurmana". As long as a strict implementation of driving tests and rules like getting clips on serious mistakes is not there, people will keep breaking rules. In many countries (where law is equal for everybody), if one gets more than a few clips on driving license, one has to go back to school, take essential hours of classes and reappear for test. Secondly, if we look at places like Singapore, the MAIN reason people follow the rules is that they are being watched by surveillance cameras in public areas. People do not follow the rules till they are not made to follow. No matter Jahil or Aalim.

he is only khadam e Lahore, not Punjab. Nothing to be proud of.

Its shahbaz sharif that is building Lahore right now. Have you seen main blvd? It was built in the 90s and many newly built roads during parvez ilahi cant even compete with it. There is a thing called dedication and hardwork that you can see in shahbaz sharifs work. Its now up to the people to care about all the developments. Hope people treat the newly built roads as assets of punjab which they are

Shahbaz Sharif might be little better than PPP or PML-Q but that doesn't change the fact we are way behind than rest of our neighbours.

Well you need to do more research and youll find out what he has done for punjab. Go talk to people from faisalabad, sargodha, and other big cities of Punjab and theyll answer all your questions. A city like Lahore deserved an infrastructure change, it was much needed as it is a major economic hub of punjab. Thats why you see a huge development boom. Remember, there is a huge increase in cars and population. I dont know how you justify your thinking. Maybe you never went to school...



I totally agreed with you. Last days I traveled to SIALKOT And got surprised to see a good road network. The 100 km section of Gujranwala to Sialkot Main road has been converted into a beautiful 6 Lane highway in just 1.5 years as well as it also has wide service lanes. Its is moving towards completion very fastly. Even its much better then KHI-HYD motorway. You guyz can go and view the quality with your eyes. I wish someone could post pictures of that road after completion.
I dont want to support any polition at all but about S.S I wish Allah give him great success and long live to work for us.

^^ yup. Gujranwala to Daska is almost complete, while Daska to Sialkot section is still under construction... Good thing about this project is drainage system... :)

I totally agreed with you. Last days I traveled to SIALKOT And got surprised to see a good road network. The 100 km section of Gujranwala to Sialkot Main road has been converted into a beautiful 6 Lane highway in just 1.5 years as well as it also has wide service lanes. Its is moving towards completion very fastly. Even its much better then KHI-HYD motorway. You guyz can go and view the quality with your eyes. I wish someone could post pictures of that road after completion.
I dont want to support any polition at all but about S.S I wish Allah give him great success and long live to work for us.


Wow, thanks for the update & i will heading to sialkot day after tomorrow so will use this road after almost a year.

Vazim/Sania if you happen to go there please don't forget to take some pics for us :)

And kindly post the pics in Punjab progress thread :) Regards.

I totally agreed with you. Last days I traveled to SIALKOT And got surprised to see a good road network. The 100 km section of Gujranwala to Sialkot Main road has been converted into a beautiful 6 Lane highway in just 1.5 years as well as it also has wide service lanes. Its is moving towards completion very fastly. Even its much better then KHI-HYD motorway. You guyz can go and view the quality with your eyes. I wish someone could post pictures of that road after completion.
I dont want to support any polition at all but about S.S I wish Allah give him great success and long live to work for us.
Anything is better than KHI/HYD highway!

DCO Mr Mengal on Sunday visited Pak Tea House and inspected the ongoing construction/rehabilitation work there. He directed the officials concerned to complete work at the earliest.

Meanwhile, he also visited Lawrence Road and inspected the carpeting work there. He directed the engineering staff to complete the assignment within in a week.

Source (http://dawn.com/2012/07/09/rickshaws-exempted-from-parking-fee/)

CM reviews work on Raiwind Road project

The development of infrastructure can help promote industrial, economic and commercial activities and generate job opportunities, said Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz on Monday while inspecting Raiwind Road to review the work on the road’s rehabilitation project at the LDA Avenue Chowk.

Provincial Minister Ch. Abdul Ghafoor, Member National Assembly Muhammad Afzal Khokhar, Member Provincial Assembly Saif-ul-Malook Khokhar, the LDA DG, the Commissioner and the DCO of Lahore, the WASA MD, the NLC and the NESPAK authorities were also present.

The chief minister said that he was paying special attention towards betterment of infrastructure throughout the province and projects worth billions of rupees were being expeditiously executed in this sector. He said that culture of working during night time had been introduced for ensuring speedy completion of development projects.

The chief minister issued directions to accelerate the rehabilitation work of the road from the LDA Avenue Chowk to Raiwind Railway crossing. He said the project should be completed within four months by working round the clock. He also issued orders to expedite the development work on the drain located near Thokar Niaz Baig to Avenue Chowk and ensure its completion till July 20th.

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CM reviews work on Raiwind Road project

The development of infrastructure can help promote industrial, economic and commercial activities and generate job opportunities, said Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz on Monday while inspecting Raiwind Road to review the work on the road’s rehabilitation project at the LDA Avenue Chowk.


Any idea what are they going to do at the LDA Ave. Chowk? bridge or something?

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Only expansion and rehabilitation

LWMC takes over 140 acres for landfill

LAHORE, July 10: The Lahore Waste Management Company has taken over 140 acre land at Lakhoder where an integrated landfill facility has been planned.

The company also started constructing its office besides a parking area for its machinery at Lahore’s first sanitary landfill site, said a spokesperson on Tuesday.

The first phase of construction would be completed by December this year.

The LWMC had been working on the project for the last one year or so. Out of various proposed sites, Lakhoder village place was selected keeping in view the environment hazards attached with waste disposal facility.

Environmental Impact Assessment of the site had already been conducted and No-Objection Certificate was obtained from the Environmental Protection Department.

The disposal facility would be constructed by the LWMC while the Municipality of Istanbul (ISTAC) would prepare the design, technical drawings, financial feasibility, bidding documents etc. by December 2012. The construction of landfill facility would then be outsourced through international competitive bidding process.

The estimated cost of the disposal facility would be Rs7 billion. However, during the first year, Rs1.5 billion would be required.
The rest of the amount would be incurred in incremental manner.

Arrival of Rainy Season in Lahore
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Such a big road without lane marking ?

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Is that Allama Iqbal road ? :shocked: Can't Believe. It was once like a dustbin.

good work, loving the roads ^^ :)

^^^^ No sidewalk, i am not surprised a bit. Thats why our roads look dirty and rough...

People don't walk here much, how many people have you seen walking on the roads? Its always hot in Pakistan and people don't go out anywhere by walking, for Pakistan this kind of roads with smaller sidewalks are better than small roads and huge sidewalks.

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People dont walk because we dont have sidewalks. Once we get sidewalks, people will reject the culture of driving etc. Plus BRT is coming, that means you will see more people walking around after getting off or before getting on the bus. We need sidewalks.
dude it won't change the culture we have parking places and parking plazas now people still don't park there.. people will never walk..

dude it won't change the culture we have parking places and parking plazas now people still don't park there.. people will never walk..

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There are two people walking in this picture alone. I don't believe it's even a question of funds, how expensive could it be to make a simple footpath, it's a simple case of planners not giving a $***.

The situation in parking plazas is getting better, you've got to let the idea sit in people's minds. I still remember when CNG was introduced in Pakistan and running costs on CNG were only 30% of what they were on petrol, CNG lobby used to advertise heavily in papers because the adoption rate was quite low; the primary concern being the fear of their car blowing up (refuted explicitly in ads). Then came the petrol price danda and now most cars have CNG. You've got to provide some kind of incentive for people to adopt something new.

Laws and their enforcement would make people disciplined, I believe if there weren't any traffic laws in more civilized nations, one would find quite a few hooligans on the roads there as well. Traffic police are trying to clean liberty market up, just the other day I saw a beemer parked in a no parking zone being lifted (It was put down after the owner stopped them and called someone up on the phone but still... A+ for the effort).

is work on MM Alam road going on? is wiring suppose to be underground..this is Lahores chance to built a world class road just a few kilometers with sidewalks and everything i think they should have a shaded walkway and block cars .. they should make a service lane with toll booth but other than that have some gardens grass etc benches..

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There are two people walking in this picture alone. I don't believe it's even a question of funds, how expensive could it be to make a simple footpath, it's a simple case of planners not giving a $***.

The situation in parking plazas is getting better, you've got to let the idea sit in people's minds. I still remember when CNG was introduced in Pakistan and running costs on CNG were only 30% of what they were on petrol, CNG lobby used to advertise heavily in papers because the adoption rate was quite low; the primary concern being the fear of their car blowing up (refuted explicitly in ads). Then came the petrol price danda and now most cars have CNG. You've got to provide some kind of incentive for people to adopt something new.

Laws and their enforcement would make people disciplined, I believe if there weren't any traffic laws in more civilized nations, one would find quite a few hooligans on the roads there as well. Traffic police are trying to clean liberty market up, just the other day I saw a beemer parked in a no parking zone being lifted (It was put down after the owner stopped them and called someone up on the phone but still... A+ for the effort).

I agree with your finding. Laws should be enforced and people should be educated :)

i just some pics on FB of children in school in lahore the walls are peeling of paint and inches away there is huge mold on the walls which causes asthma...is there no one in government or public money to at least give these kids a proper healthy classroom? if not spend tax money collected from the rich in lahore for these schools where else to spend it? so frustrating to see in 2012 children in lahore public schools cant even learn in healthy way

Plan to preserve seven buildings on The Mall

Seven historical buildings on The Mall will be preserved.

The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by Commissioner Jawad Rafique Malik on Friday. District Coordination Officer Noorul Amin Mengal and other officials concerned also attended the meeting. The commissioner said as the restoration of historical buildings in their real shape was a challenging job, the project would increase the beauty of The Mall.

The DCO directed the Municipal Services EDO to prepare a technical and financial proposal to rehabilitate buildings after monsoon.

Participants in the meeting also accepted a proposal to establish a revolving fund for the project. They also sought help for mobilising the media, civil society, traders and other segments of society to accomplish this project successfully.

ORDER: The DCO has ordered a survey of all old and dangerous commercial and residential buildings in the city, directing the authorities concerned to submit a report within a week.

According to officials, the DCO took the action in order to avoid any building collapse incident during the monsoon season.

POLIO: Special Assistant Khwaja Salman Rafique and DCO Noorul Amin Mengal on Friday inaugurated the anti-polio drive by administering drops to children in the Cantonment area. The CDGL is scheduled to launch a three-day anti-polio drive on July 16, says a press release.

Planning and commerce: Muslim Town businesses suffer as road fixing delayed

" I would say our sales are 30 per cent of what they used to be before the construction of the flyover began," Owner of Delite Store Hafiz Zubair.

Shops in Muslim Town are continuing to lose business because of the government’s failure to complete the service roads around the Muslim Town flyover, which was inaugurated on May 30.

The disruption to their businesses has gone on since September last year, when work on the flyover began and traffic on Ferozepur Road was diverted to the service lanes. The service roads crumbled due to heavy traffic loads including heavy machinery used in the construction.

Though the flyover was officially inaugurated six weeks ago, the service roads under the flyover are still unrepaired. Further, workers are now building an elevated bus lane for the Metro Bus Service project, formerly known as the Bus Rapid Transit System. With that work due to take at least six months, the businesses have been left wondering about their future.

Hafiz Zubair, the owner of Delite Store, said that business had never been so bad in the 42 years since he had opened the store on Wahdat Road. “I would say our sales are 30 per cent of what they used to be before the construction of the flyover began,” said Zubair.

He said that most of his clientele were from Ichhra and Canal Bank Road and they had stopped coming after the road was broken up. He said that some shop owners had formed unions and approached the government, which had repaired patches of road in front of their shops, but most of the road was still a mess.

Malik Ayaz, the owner of Rafiq Sweet House, said that they had been losing business since the start of the flyover project. “We had hoped the situation would improve after the inauguration of the flyover, but they haven’t repaired the road at ground level,” he said.

Wajid Butt, the general manager of the popular Butt Sweet House, said that the business was operating at 50 per cent of the level it was at last year. He said that he did not expect things to improve soon. He said that the government had not communicated any deadlines for the repair of the roads to the shopkeepers.

Sabir Khan Sadozai, the project director for the Muslim Town flyover, said that the repair of the service roads had initially been delayed because the Water and Sanitation Agency had to lay a sewage line. Then the Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency (TEPA) stopped the repairs as the final design of the elevated bus lane for the Metro Bus Service, being drawn up by the National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK), had not arrived. “Otherwise we could have had a situation where we finished the reconstruction of the road but TEPA had to break sections of it again to lay piers for the elevated bus lane,” he said.

Sadozai said that the design of the bus lane had been received from NESPAK last week and they had started the road works. He said that WASA still had some work to finish, namely to raise the height of gutter necks on Wahdat Road and Ferozepur Road so that the manholes were at the same level as the road. He said that work on the service lane around FC College and the 1122 office would be finished in a few days. He said some sections of the road would not be repaired until after the bus lane is finished.

Asked why the design of the bus lane for the MBS project had been changed and delayed, TEPA Director Mazhar Hussain, who is in charge of the construction, said that the decision had been made to avoid the expense and hassle of having to acquire land for a ground-level bus lane.

Shahbaz announces Rs300m for Shahdara

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has announced Rs300 million development projects in Shahdara.

Shahbaz announced this during a meeting with a delegation of notables from Shahdara at his Tent Office Thursday. The CM also declared that five water filtration plants would be installed in the area and it would have a separate park for women.
He said another bus service up to Shahdara would be initiated soon while an underpass would be constructed for the convenience of the citizens and ensuring smooth traffic flow in the area. The chief minister constituted a committee consisting of lawmakers and PML-N workers to monitor the implementation of all development schemes in Shahdara.
He took a swipe at the federal government, saying that Pakistan had resources to generate electricity and positional to solve other problems confronting the nation but the the rulers in Islamabad were busy with their looting spree.
“Such rulers will face public wrath in the upcoming elections,” he said, adding that the people would not vote the lawmakers who defied their mandate.
Separately presiding over a meeting on Punjab Educational Endowment Fund, the chief minister said the establishment of the Fund would realise the dream of poor students. He said more than 30,000 deserving boys and girls are getting scholarships from the Endowment Fund, while the number of these scholarships would be increased up to 60,000 during next fiscal year. He said sincere efforts are also being made to further increase the number of scholarships being given to the students under the Punjab Educational Endowment Fund.
The CM visited the under-construction hospital at Shahdarah and directed the Health Department to ensure completion of this Rs1 billion state-of-the-art hospital, consisting of 300 beds, by November year.
Talking to the media, the CM said that doctors belong to a very sacred profession and the whole nation considers them ‘messiah’. He said that doctors, nurses and paramedical staff who serve the ailing humanity are highly praiseworthy.
He also visited Quran Complex and Seerat Academy on Thursday and got a briefing on it. The CM ordered the authorities concerned to complete development work by November. He directed that the historical manuscripts of the Holy Quran should be placed at the complex, and it must reflect the true Islamic civilisation and traditions. Shahbaz said that there was no paucity of funds for such projects. Separately, a delegation of young entrepreneurs called on the Punjab chief minister discussed with him matters of investment in various sectors, including information technology.
Chairman of Punjab IT Board Dr Omar Saif and Secretary Information Mohyuddin Wani were also present on the occasion.
Talking to the delegation, the CM urged the young entrepreneurs to invest in IT sector and assured that Punjab government will provide all possible cooperation.
Later, the CM inaugurated the office of IT company, Teradata in Arfa Kareem Software Technology Park. He visited various sections of the office. Addressing the inaugural function, Shahbaz welcomed setting up of development centre of Teradata in Lahore. He said that the international companies associated with IT would also be welcomed and all possible facilities will be provided to them.
President of Teradata Harman Wimmer said Teradata will extend cooperation for the development of Pakistani market. He said the expansion of Lahore office with a capacity of more than 200 capable IT professionals reflects that Teradata is interested in the economic development of Pakistan.
Meanwhile Senior PML-N, Lt-Gen (r) Abdul Qayyum called on Shahbaz Sharif and discussed political situation of the country besides organisational activities of the party and development projects in the district of Chakwal. The CM directed to complete the repair and construction work of Kalarkahar and Chuva Saiden Shah Road for facilitating the people and not to receive toll tax from private transport until the new road was completed.

Boulevard Heights is ready for cladding now. Check latest pictures (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=93450637#post93450637) by me.

Working in the basement

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A building under construction in MCB IT tower plot. Dont know either it is the main tower or a part of it. Anyway they are working on the second floor.

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^^ Thanks for pics

Render of MCB IT Centre..


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Great updates Omi! Was there any activity at pace circle site?

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Nope. but i noticed another crane on the site. Hope they are going to start this.

Nice pics...:okay:


There are 2 cranes now at Pace Circle, not much progress BUT their Sales office is full most of the time...

Progress Updates

- So far no signs of work at M.M.Alam road
- New mall (Normal size) is U/C opposite Dominos Pizza on M.M.Alam road
- Couple of buildings are U/C beside Hardees & Nandos on M.M.Alam road, hopefully one of them is of Fatburger
- Another building is U/C on Mehmood Kasuri road beside Nishat Lenin, it is currently at 3-4 floor

The place u/c next to the place opposite dominos is the IMAX theatre and mall
dunno about the place exactly opp dominos
the IMAX Theatre is also opp cafe zouk

i hope that Fatburger opens in the food court of the mall of the IMAX theatre

If you guys do more focus that you will got that there are atleast 6 u/c buildings on M.M Alam road.

3 near Hardees.
1 next to Vogue mall
2-3 between cafe zouk and blue mall.
Any more details about all these buildings..

Another building is under construction at the foot of Kalmah flyover when we are coming from Kasur side. The design is almost like Ahad tower. They are now on 8th floor and work is going on nicely.

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any updates on Vogue Tower or is it still progressing very slowly.

Also what about the new Al Fateh tower next to world fashion cafe and the Xinhua mall tower.

any updates on Vogue Tower or is it still progressing very slowly.

Also what about the new Al Fateh tower next to world fashion cafe and the Xinhua mall tower.

No work is going on Vogue tower, its GF + 4 floors, thats it. No work also on Al Fateh building on Mehmood Kasuri road...

Change of name: Road named after Majid Nizami

LAHORE: The Lawrence Road was renamed as Shara-i-Majid Nizami on Friday. Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif unveiled the plaque with the new name at China Chowk. The chief minister said the Lawrence Road had been named after the Nawa-i-Waqt chief editor in view of his 70 years of services in journalism and his 50 years as the chief editor of a national daily. Sharif described Nizami as “the custodian of the ideological foundation of the country [who] has rendered invaluable services for the promotion and propagation of Nazria-i-Pakistan.” The two-kilometre road that stretches from China Chowk to The Mall has been recently repaired at a cost of more than Rs40 million.

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Another building is under construction at the foot of Kalmah flyover when we are coming from Kasur side. The design is almost like Ahad tower. They are now on 8th floor and work is going on nicely.

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looks busy there is a need for an underpass. Flyover alone is not going to resolve the traffic issue here.

yup. underpass is really required there....

Well we have the thread for BRTS so edit the post & move the pics in BRTS thread please.

looks busy there is a need for an underpass. Flyover alone is not going to resolve the traffic issue here.

They should have built underpass at Kalma Chowk before Muslim town flyover...

City Government is extending Canal Road near Royal Palm including Chawbacha Phatak upto Griffin Railway Crossing. Both Railway crossings would be extended upto 3 lane from current 2 Lane.

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I think an underpass was supposed to be built there 2 years ago.

CM comes down hard on bureaucracy

LAHORE - If the system functions properly, the problems of the people are resolved at the local level and they do not have to run from pillar to post for the redressal of their grievances.
These views were expressed by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif while chairing a meeting to review implementation status of decisions taken at the camp offices on Sunday.
“Corrupt officers as well as those showing apathetic attitude to the people will not be tolerated. Government officers should keep the doors of their offices open for public and be polite to the complainants and spare no effort to solve their problems”, the chief minister remarked, adding that the decisions taken in the meetings at tent offices should be fully implemented.
The chief minister said eviction of cattle from the City should be ensured and a permanent system should be evolved for checking their reentry into the City. He constituted a committee and directed it to take immediate measures for handing over the state land for development projects so that there should not be any delay in the execution of uplift schemes.
Shahbaz Sharif noted that activities of qabza mafia had become a serious issue as the mafia even went to the extent of occupying graveyards and educational institutions. He said that qabza mafia and those exploiting the citizens in the form of parchi (receipt) system were a serious threat to the society and it was the collective responsibility of elected representatives and administration to rid the people of such exploitative groups.
The chief minister directed the local government secretary to evolve a system so that no one could re-occupy the graveyards retrieved from qabza groups. Besides, he added, proper arrangements should also be made for ablution in graveyards. He said the elements blocking the roads deserved no leniency and the roads should be got cleared from such elements so that the people should not face any difficulty.
He directed to initiate work immediately for the setting up of 40-bed hospital in Jallo Morre and adjoining areas, construction of girls’ degree college, installation of tubewells, repair and reconstruction of roads and other development schemes. He also directed to start work on 60-bed hospital in Raiwind immediately.
The chief minister announced abolishment of late fee for delay in obtaining birth certificate of a child and directed that the decision should immediately be implemented in the province.
Senator Pervaiz Rashid, assembly members, secretaries of various departments, heads of development institutions, Lahore Commissioner and DCO, DIG Operations and senior officers concerned were present in the meeting.

Good news !

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yup. badly needed...

bht buri halat hai is road ki...^^

Underpasses are also must on Yateem Khana Chowk and Samanabad More.

Good news !

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20 billion too touch particularly you see 32 billion for 35 km brt project. 2 billion seems reasonable for 3.5 km stretch of road

perhaps. reporting error!

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Yes its obvious ! Thats a reporting error. So the actual cost would be 2 billion, not 20 billion.

Great news! a friend of mine whose family owns some 15 shops at main Yateem khana chowk got the notices last month. Govt is paying at the DC rate of Rs 8 lac/marla!

They should also shift those niazi adda bus stands to somewhere near Babu Sabu interchange to ease traffic congestion at Bund road and Yateem Khana chowk.

Seriously, if i would be a mayor or DCO of Lahore, the first task that i'll achieve is that i'll remove all the bus stands and encroachments from all over the city and shift them outside the city :speech:

OMI. u should appear in CSS exam then... :D

They should also shift those niazi adda bus stands to somewhere near Babu Sabu interchange to ease traffic congestion at Bund road and Yateem Khana chowk.

Why not first move Daewoo stand out from the heart of city ?

MM Alam Road remodelling is pretty much jinxed

Despite several announcements since 2001, the MM Alam road remodelling project has not seen much progress and the construction costs have continued to climb from Rs 99 million to Rs 350 million.

Early in July 2012, the Lahore Development Authority had announced that the remodelling project would be launched with the intention of being completed within three months.

FORMER GRANDEUR: MM Alam Road, named after a retired Air Force commander who had received medal of honour Sitara-e-Jurrat for his services to the country, is in a rundown condition with cracked surfaces and broken pavements. Interestingly, this road is also a commercial hub, with dozens of shops, schools and restaurants lining the road. It runs between Main Market to Firdous Market in Gulberg. An expensive alternative to Food Street Gawalmandi, MM Alam road plays host to many popular fast food restaurants.

DEADLOCK WITH LHC : An Lahore Development Authority official recently told Pakistan Today that while the project had suffered many problems, the biggest hurdle in the completion of this project are technical and legal constraints. He said that the mega-project entailed a digital library, gymnasium, bowling alley, parking plaza, echo-friendly Park and cricket ground at the cost of Rs 1181.30 in place of multi-million IMAX theatre and shopping Mall on the MM Alam road.

The Lahore High Court (LHC) had granted permission to Punjab government to use 18 percent land of the public park for the purpose of constructing a parking lot, library and bowling alley. LHC, however, retained the rest of the land as public property to be used as a park. Punjab government, on the other hand, intends to use the entire park for the project. This has lead to a deadlock between the government and the LCH, leaving the remodelling project at a standstill.

LDA Chief Engineer Israr Saeed told Pakistan Today that court decision did not fulfil the demands of government and this deadlock has caused problems with other projects too. For example, the plan of establishing a Central Business District has been put on hold because the development plan of Doongi ground has been halted.

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS: However, it is not just the deadlock with the courts that is hindering the project. A City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) official blamed insufficient funds availability as leading cause, saying remodelling work could not proceed since the government was seemed to run out of funds very fast.

It must be mentioned here that LDA Chief Engineer Asrar Saeed stated that the estimated cost of this project now stood at Rs 350 millions, causing lack of proper funding to be another barrier in the completion of this much-needed development project.

Replacing sewerage and drainage system with old pipes also hindered the development work. Shifting of services including telephone lines and electric wires remains in a woeful condition.

Former WASA managing director Javed Iqbal said that MM Alam remodelling project should have resumed after WASA completed the set-up of an area drainage scheme worth Rs 280 million in April last year.

Why not first move Daewoo stand out from the heart of city ?

Daewoo is the most well organized bus service in Pakistan having well behaved staff and drivers. They don't interrupt traffic as much as other bus companies.

A 14 story plaza (10 floors + 4 basements) located in Johar Town. It'll be used for apartments and shopping center.

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And this is the location:-
Moulana Shoukat Ali road - Johar Town
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Looks awful...

City government working on a new master plan for Lahore

Not enough green land allocated in housing societies.

The government is not satisfied with the Lahore Master Plan 2021 and has started working on a new master plan, APP reported on Tuesday.

According to the news agency, DCO Noorul Amin Mengal stated this during a meeting with a delegation of housing society owners and developers.

Mengal said a new master plan was being worked on because not enough green land had been allocated in housing societies. He sought suggestions from the developers for the new plan.

The DCO told the meeting that 12 housing societies in Nishtar Town have been established on agricultural land. He said that no schemes will be issued an NOC unless the developer submitted an undertaking to abide by all rules of the City District Government Lahore.

Khawaja Saad Rafique said it was “regrettable” that neither the government nor developers were following the master plan 2021. He warned developers against violating the plan.”No one will be allowed to build new slums in the name of low-cost housing societies,” Rafique said. He pointed out that there had been several cases where developers had “disappeared” without providing basic utilities and the government had to provide the civic amenities.

The developers complained about the district government’s ban on the purchase of land for housing societies and high fees being charged from the developers.

The DCO told the developers that the government had not banned purchase of land.

Commissioner Jawad Rafique Malik ordered that the fee being charged be reviewed and, if possible, be reduced.

They should build cheap apartment buildings for middle class people too.

Khawaja Saad Rafique said it was “regrettable” that neither the government nor developers were following the master plan 2021. He warned developers against violating the plan.”No one will be allowed to build new slums in the name of low-cost housing societies,” Rafique said. He pointed out that there had been several cases where developers had “disappeared” without providing basic utilities and the government had to provide the civic amenities.


well said. khawaja!

Johar town looks clean. Have people developed a sense of cleanliness in Lahore after the development of this new clean Lahore initiative?

Such parts are cleaner than the rest of Lahore. Once you clean the roads and empty plots people don't make them look hideous again.

Dolmen is set to build more malls in Pakistan
Rory Jones

Jul 22, 2012

Dolmen Group, the company behind the newly built 25 billion Pakistani rupee (Dh973 million) Dolmen Mall and office complex in Pakistan's biggest city, will build a similar sized mall in Lahore and hopes to entice international and Arabian Gulf retailers to the project.

Mr Riaz wants to use the profits generated from his first major mall to provide an income to investors in a fund that will finance the mall in Lahore.

He plans to become a major malls developer across Pakistan.

Debenhams recently signed a deal to become an anchor tenant in the Karachi mall and Majid Al Futtaim operates a Hyperstar supermarket, which is a rebranded form of Carrefour.

Dolmen Mall in Karachi is also in talks with a major Gulf retailer to make up the last anchor tenant.


FULL ARTICLE= http://www.thenational.ae/business/retail/dolmen-is-set-to-build-more-malls-in-pakistan

^^ Full article

Dolmen is set to build more malls in Pakistan

The developer behind one of the first big shopping malls in Karachi plans to construct other malls in Pakistan by raising finance through a property investment fund.

Dolmen Group, the company behind the newly built 25 billion Pakistani rupee (Dh973 million) Dolmen Mall and office complex in Pakistan's biggest city, will build a similar sized mall in Lahore and hopes to entice international and Arabian Gulf retailers to the project.

Opened last September, Dolmen Mall in Clifton, Karachi, has 162 stores and has attracted a whole host of well-known brands.

It is one of the first mixed-use developments in Pakistan and will eventually encompass a mall, four commercial towers and a hotel or serviced apartments.

"If you take only 20 per cent of the total population as a customer of international brands, then there are more numbers in Karachi than Dubai," said Nadeem Riaz, the chief executive of Dolmen Group. "In Karachi there are a lot of wealthy people."

Mr Riaz wants to use the profits generated from his first major mall to provide an income to investors in a fund that will finance the mall in Lahore. He plans to become a major malls developer across Pakistan.

Debenhams recently signed a deal to become an anchor tenant in the Karachi mall and Majid Al Futtaim operates a Hyperstar supermarket, which is a rebranded form of Carrefour.

Dolmen Mall in Karachi is also in talks with a major Gulf retailer to make up the last anchor tenant.

Other brands trading in the mall are Next, Timberland, Tissot, TAG Heuer, Adidas, Mango, Nine West, Monsoon and Mothercare.

"Only a few brands were operating in Pakistan before this mall," said Mr Riaz.

He added the mall in Karachi attracted an average of about 18,000 people per day, which regularly grew to 100,000 at weekends.

The entire mall and office complex in Karachi is 4 million square feet, with 550,000 sq ft of retail space.

In the food court, Noodle House, Subway, Fatburger and Papa Roti, among other brands, are present.

"After the first mall, it depends on the [property fund] return," said Mr Riza.

"Our strength now is the brands, they are there and ready to move anywhere Dolmen moves."

The international professional services company Deloitte last year cited Pakistan in a report on countries that were potentially lucrative markets for retailers.

Dolmen Group owns and operates two small shopping centres in Karachi as well as the major mall in Clifton.

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Great news !!!

Dolmen Group owns and operates two small shopping centres in Karachi as well as the major mall in Clifton.

Small :lol:

two shopping centres?? I think Reporter forgot dolmen centre while writing this article

Good to see local builders emerging..... :)

Dolmen Group owns and operates two small shopping centres in Karachi as well as the major mall in Clifton.

Small :lol:

two shopping centres?? I think Reporter forgot dolmen centre while writing this article

Dolmen mall in Hyderi and Tariq road are relatively small as compared to the one in Clifton and other international standard malls. Thats why the reporter used the words "SMALL" and "SHOPPING CENTRES" ... :D

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20 arab :O I don't believe this!

20 arab :O I don't believe this!

Reporting mistake ! Its 2 arab definitely.
Thats what we can expect from our local newspapers. They wrote "Gujjarpura" instead of "Gujjar colony". And also see the urdu spellings of "Bhekewal" and "Canal road" .... :ohno:

There is a low rise building under construction at Kalmah Chowk. Does anyone know about it ?

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LDA approves 9 road projects

The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has decided to undertake nine infrastructure projects in the city at a total cost of Rs1.104 billion.

The LDA governing body met on Tuesday and approved the projects. They include the construction of a two-kilometre road from Johar Town’s E Block to Doctors’ Hospital at a cost of Rs235.32 million; the widening and improvement of Punjab University Road from the flower shops to the Canal bridge at a cost of Rs93.74 million; the widening and improvement of the 1.5km Al Madina Road, Sector B-I, Quaid-i-Azam Town, at a cost of Rs192.86 million; the improvement and carpeting of the road from Liaqat Chowk to Kharak Drain, Sabzazar Scheme, at a cost of Rs35 million; the installation of streets lights at Jinnah Avenue from Shaukat Khanum Hospital Chowk to Raiwind Road at a cost of Rs68.10 million; the construction of a 1.5km road along Khamba Distributory from Nursery Chowk to the Southern Bypass, Johar Town, at a cost of Rs150 million; the construction of bridge at Chhota Ravi Drain near Model Bazaar, Gujjarpura Scheme, at a cost of Rs41.58 million; the rehabilitation and improvement of Peco Road from the Peco roundabout to Lahore Bridge, Ferozepur Road, at a cost of Rs202.895 million; and the restructuring of the Lal Pul Intersection on Canal Bank Road near Harbanspura at a cost of Rs85.235 million.

Finally they are doing something for my area (Quaid-e-Azam town) :banana:. That Al-madina road is a huge nightmare to cross...
Campus road widening is also a gr8 news !

campus road widening.... mean they are going to connect shokat ali road with campus road till wahdat road?

Does anyone know when google earth is going to update lahores imagery? The latest one was updated last year. There is so much development going on in Lahore but unfortunately google earth doesnt seem to be interested in updating lahore

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Almost 75% of Lahore map had been updated 5 months ago. Check again!

campus road widening.... mean they are going to connect shokat ali road with campus road till wahdat road?

No. This is the section which is going to be widened.

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Light poles shall also be installed at Khayaban-e-Jinnah from SK hospital chowk upto LDA Avenue chowk! These were much much needed!

i thought that is part of canal road that was widened already....

Work started on the mall infront of Siddiq Trade Center, looks like it was above Ground floor...

Does anyone know when google earth is going to update lahores imagery? The latest one was updated last year. There is so much development going on in Lahore but unfortunately google earth doesnt seem to be interested in updating lahore

you can use this file to check when last time imagery was updated
KML (http://mw1.google.com/mw-earth-vectordb/Imagery_Updates/latest_update.kml) or use this app to follow your favourite location.
https://followyourworld.appspot.com/

i thought that is part of canal road that was widened already....

It's not part of the canal - it's a biggest choke point but the PU wasn't lending any land - funny thing is that it only have Shaddi Halls which PU make money off. Good to see this happen. Traffic flow would be very good if we can get it fixed.

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you can use this file to check when last time imagery was updated
KML (http://mw1.google.com/mw-earth-vectordb/Imagery_Updates/latest_update.kml) or use this app to follow your favourite location.
https://followyourworld.appspot.com/

If it works, I ll be really really thankful....

Labourers covering a newly built drain on Ravi road

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Lahore Parking Company goes operational

LAHORE, Aug 11: The Lahore Parking Company, a newly established autonomous wing of the City District Government of Lahore, started working on Saturday after the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan registered it on Friday under Section 32 of the Companies Ordinance 1984.

The first meeting of company’s board of directors was held at Town Hall on Saturday and was presided over by District Coordination Officer Noor-ul-Amin Mengal. MPA Hafiz Nauman, EDO (Finance) Muazzam Iqbal Sipra and EDO (Municipal Services) Khan Masood Tamana were also in attendance.

The meeting nominated Nauman and Mengal as chairman and vice chairman of the board, respectively. It allowed the company management to start work on initial assignments and decided unanimously that the DCO would soon send a summary to the Punjab government to seek a seed money of Rs200 million.

The company has been entrusted the task of regulating all parking lots and plazas of the city government, town municipal administrations, LDA, TEPA and other departments. It will be responsible for building new parking plazas in the city besides renovating the old parking lots.

“The CDGL decided to regulate parking lots/plazas after it received complaints of corruption against its public facility department officials during award of contracts and collection of parking fee,” company managing director Usman Ali Khan told Dawn.

He said as no one knew about the exact number of existing parking lots/plazas, contracts, fee collection and other matters, there were reports that officials were busy making money from this sector. He said the company under an agreement with the CDGL would takeover all parking lots being run by the CDGL or any other civic agency or department. “In the first phase, we will takeover the parking stands/plazas being run directly by CDGL’s public facility wing. Later, we will get control of other parking lots being run by LDA, TEPA, TMAs or any other department,” Khan added.

He said the company planned to conduct an in-depth study about number of existing parking lots, staff, new parking sites, technical and financial resources and future course of action.

He said under the newly designed organisational chart/structure the company would have three wings: planning, corporate and operations.

Talking about initial funding for the company, he said the company had no funds at hand and the CDGL would give the money required to run it.

To a question, he said it had been decided in principal not to merge CDGL’s public facility wing and its staff in the company.

Mengal said though the city had the potential of earning more than Rs1 billion from parking lots, CDGL’s public facility wing officials were only collecting Rs100 to Rs120 million annually.

Above is from 2011.....

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11 August 2012

Location of DHA City, Lahore


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that looks huge... but why they are expanding in random locations now?

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DHA housing scheme is separate & has 11 phases uptil now & they are almost beside eachother BUT this DHA City is abit out of the city...

The Southern Loop would decide the success of this Phase.

The Southern Loop would decide the success of this Phase.

That area is improving alot i live in EME and it has improved alot in the last few years, mainly the roads and new business in the area

Its good that they are expanding Lahore on western side too.

Holiday planning: 10,000 LWMC employees to work though Eid

LAHORE: Leaves of all 10,000 employees and executive staff of the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) have been cancelled for the Eid weekend.

LWMC Managing Director Waseem Ajmal Chaudhry said the city’s cleanliness was more important than any celebrations. He said approach routes to major mosques will be washed ahead of Eid prayers. He said LWMC staff will work in three shifts. He said complaints will be resolved on the 24-hour helpline 1139.
Turkish contractors Albayrak and Ozpak will also follow the same routine.

Chaudhry also announced a 13th salary for all regular employees by the end of current year as a bonus.

Meanwhile, Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) held a meeting to discuss arrangements during the Eid holidays. The meeting was chaired by Rescue 1122 DG Dr Rizwan Naseer. In Lahore, 24 ambulances, 13 fire vehicles, four rescue vehicles and a disaster rescue team will remain active.

Lahore Finance & Trade Center

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Does anyone know anything about this project?

^^^^^^old news about this project
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/08/15/city/lahore/finance-and-trade-centre-plot-auction-rescheduled/

Lahore Finance & Trade Center

http://www.fairhursts.com/projectsStageThree.php?id=78

Does anyone know anything about this project?

Its been more than a year now since we are hearing about this, and frankly speaking it seems a big joke at the moment, you need some heavy foreign investments for this type of project to kick off which in present circumstances is far from possible, LDA couldn't even sell a single plot of this project in 1 year! & neither could they complete the basic infrastructure in the same period of time i-e roads, sewerage etc. There was a news posted some days back here that a foreign group is interested in buying a 200 kanal plot for some retail store. And LDA decided to set the base price of Rs 14 million/kanal for the bidding that means the total cost of plot would be more than 2.5 billion Rs! Its too much! If you need to bring in the foreign investment for such projects than you need to give those groups some relaxations!

This is the drama created by PML (N) to get as much development done in Lahore to gain more votes in the elections. The chief actor (Shehbaz Sharif) is trying to portray himself as a savior and trying to copy PTI.

Shopping mall U/C opposite Siddiq Trade Center


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Working on 1st floor

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Work on M.M.Alam road will start in 2nd week of September & will complete in 2 months. It will cost Rs. 46 crores...

M.M Alam road should be made into a one way road

MM alam road should be blocked to cars make a nice park and have a tram going to the different cafes, shops etc..and a parking garage nearby

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Not possible atleast in Lahore, they will remove Mini Market roundabout & replace it with a signal. M.M.Alam road will be a 2+2 lane road from Main Market Chowk to Hussain Chowk...

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Civic services: New company to take over parking stands next month

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LAHORE: The newly set up Lahore Parking Company is to take over parking stands at Liberty, The Mall, Gulberg’s Main Boulevard and Neela Gumbad from the District Office of Public Facilities next month, The Express Tribune has learnt.

The new company, which was notified on August 11, has been set up to take control of all public parking facilities in Lahore and will seek to make a profit.

So far, the company has held one board meeting where it selected its managing director, Additional Commissioner Dr Usman Ali Khan, its chairman, PML-N MNA Hafiz Noman, and its vice chairman, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Noorul Amin Mengal.

Well placed officials said that there had been no discussion yet between the LPC and the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) over the transfer of control over the three parking plazas run by the latter. Mengal is currently hiring administrative staff for the company, while the managing director-to-be will hire the support staff once he takes charge.

Dr Khan said he had not been notified as managing director yet. He said the Lahore Parking Company was also awaiting seed money of Rs200 million from the Punjab government. The DCO has sent a request for the funding to the chief minister, according to the DCO’s office.

Dr Khan said that after taking charge, one of the first things he would do is to conduct a survey of all the parking facilities in the city to see which needed overhauling. He said that the company would initially take over parking stands at Liberty, The Mall, Gulberg’s Main Boulevard and Neela Gumbad in September, but could not say exactly when.

He said that the company would aim to automate the city’s parking stands. Automation systems have been tried twice before in the city by three different companies, two of which defaulted on payments owed to the city government. He said the LPC would seek to learn why these companies failed before introducing its own system. He said a Turkish company had signed an agreement with the city government to help in this regard.

Dr Khan said that the LPC would initially set up offices at the Town Hall for lack of funding. The Turkish company would also set up an office there. He said that the LPC would seek to establish a proper parking system before aiming for high revenue generation.

He said some parking stands which created traffic bottlenecks in the city would be abolished. He said that there was a dire need to increase the number of parking plazas in the city. He said that they would also mark the boundaries of parking stands so that they could not encroach on other space.

Asked what would happen to the contracts for parking stands only recently auctioned to private operators once the LPC takes over, District Officer of Public Facilities Fahad Anees said that a default clause had been included in the contracts with the operators. He said that two months’ advance taken from the parking stand operators as security deposit would be returned.

Anees said that his office had been informed that the LPC would begin to take over parking stands in September. He said that his office was currently conducting a survey to ascertain the capacity and tariffs at the 354 parking stands in the city. He said that 160 of the 354 parking stands were said to be non-operational.

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Auction of hotel site in Johar Town on Sept 17

LAHORE, Aug 29: The Lahore Development Autority will hold an auction of a 118-kanal hotel site in Johar Town’s Finance and Trade Centre on Sept 17 at its Community Centre in New Muslim Town.

The base price for the auction of the plot has been fixed at Rs14 million per kanal, said a spokesman here on Wednesday.The LDA’s governing body has permitted other uses of the site, including setting up of an inter-city bus terminal, a D-Class bus stand for indefinite period, a super store, a shopping centre or the provision of other allied facilities.The authority has also decided to relax building by-laws for encouraging construction of high-rise buildings in this new hub of business in the provincial metropolis.

The maximum height of buildings to be constructed at the site has been increased as compared to other areas of the city.

The ground floor coverage has also been increased, and a building covering 60 per cent of the area of a plot can be constructed.

Spaces to be left open on both sides and the rear side of plots have also been reduced, said the spokesman.

DISMISED: The LDA dismissed a junior clerk after he was found involved in taking out original papers from property file No JT/AP/1599 pertaining to plot No 42-A, Block F-I, Johar Town, and processing a fabricated file under his signatures for allocation of plot No I-D-I in Johar Town to one Moazzam Mahmood.

Tariq Mahmood was also proceeded against for non-compliance with administrative orders of transfer from the Directorate of Land Development-I to Administration Directorate and for not complying with orders of the Land Development-I Director for handing over all files or record upon his transfer.

POWER SHUTDOWN: In connection with the construction of the Bus Rapid Transit System by the Tepa, the relocation of Lesco services falling in the route alignment is scheduled to be carried out on Thursday (today), resulting in suspension of electricity on Kamahan Road, Lefo, Gulistan Colony, Amer Sidhu, R.A Bazaar, Mast Iqbal Road, General Hospital, Ismail Nagar, Ittehad Colony and Ferozepur Road.

Mm alam road shud be made into a one way road and space for walking like jbr walk dubai

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Impracticable in Pakistan, 2+2 lane road with parking space is fine...

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Work is going on the pavements of roads where Finance and Trade Centre will be located in Johar town. Nice Progress!

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Impracticable in Pakistan, 2+2 lane road with parking space is fine...

is there enough space for that?

is there enough space for that?

Watch this video

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the restaurants are charged a huge tax in pakistan on food why not spend the money from the cafes on Mm alam..put up a sign saying your tax money at work directly outside

It's a general sales tax, which I don't think goes directly to the municipality.

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It has been decided to build a 9 storey parking plaza in moon market Allama Iqbal town

Any update on currently under construction building on moon market next to rahim store? Is it some gov. parking plaza or some private building?

Any update on currently under construction building on moon market next to rahim store? Is it some gov. parking plaza or some private building?

What a co-incidence ! :) I passed near this site just 45 mins ago and i was going to ask the same question you asked ... :D

Moulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani road after widening. Pic taken today. Still a lot of work is left like lane marking, street lights installation and removing electric poles from the center of the road.


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Signal installed at previous Faisal town roundabout.

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^^ Does anyone know how much that site will sell for? Isn't that the site for Sheikh Zayd center?

^^ Does anyone know how much that site will sell for? Isn't that the site for Sheikh Zayd center?

Sheikh Zayd center's site is on Ferozpur road, this one is in Johar town, some 15 kms away...:)

^^ Does anyone know how much that site will sell for? Isn't that the site for Sheikh Zayd center?

The base price is ridiculous. 10.5 million PkRs / kanal. And the plot is approximately 200 kanals according to a report posted some pages back!

The base price is ridiculous. 10.5 million PkRs / kanal. And the plot is approximately 200 kanals according to a report posted some pages back!

The ad. says the hotel site is 118 kanals. So it's Rs. 1,239 million or about $13 million. The market for hotels is a bit slow at the moment but it could be good in a few years.

It might be a good site for a shopping mall. Can you guys tell me if it is? What about a big one million square feet mall?

Can someone please locate the spot in Google Earth?

Okay, I found it:

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Expo+Center+Road,+Lahore,+Punjab,+Pakistan&hl=en&ll=31.464305,74.268737&spn=0.010323,0.019269&sll=31.460809,74.280882&sspn=0.020646,0.054889&oq=Expo,+Lahore,+Punjab,+Pakistan&hnear=Expo+Center+Rd,+Johar+Town+-+Phase+2,+Lahore,+Lahore+District,+Punjab,+Pakistan&t=m&z=16

It's a beautiful site for a shopping mall in my view. I want it.

^^ +1


Also, there is not much space left in Lahore for big shopping malls, this would have been one of the best....

why they are allowing bus terminal at this location? may be to attract Daewoo?

Moulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani road after widening. Pic taken today. Still a lot of work is left like lane marking, street lights installation and removing electric poles from the center of the road.


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Signal installed at previous Faisal town roundabout.

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It sure was a choke point in the morning due to School traffic entering Model Town - good to see it being expanded.

LDA disapproval: 3 housing schemes come under fire (http://tribune.com.pk/story/397275/lda-disapproval-3-housing-schemes-come-under-fire/)

LAHORE: Cases were registered on Thursday against three private housing schemes on complaints filed by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) regarding violation of laws. On an application of the Metropolitan Planning Wing of the LDA, a case has been registered at Raiwind City police station against Lake View Housing Scheme (Bella Vista), situated in Janjatay and Halloki villages at Raiwind Road. According to the LDA, the management of Lake View Housing Scheme has been selling plots on land which had not been approved by the LDA. A case against the River Edge Housing Scheme on Multan Road was registered at Chuhng police station. The management of this scheme had illegally extended its area and unlawfully created two new blocks, Rose and Tulip, which were being marketed through advertisements, said the LDA.The third case was registered at Nishter Colony police station against the Pak Arab Housing Scheme on Ferozepur Road. The LDA’s complaint said the scheme’s management had constructed a road on land reserved for a graveyard besides providing a passage to an adjacent housing scheme that had not been approved by the LDA.

Published In The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2012.

Property: Housing scheme declared illegal (http://tribune.com.pk/story/421726/property-housing-scheme-declared-illegal/)

LAHORE: Lahore Development Authority has restrained people from purchasing plots in what they termed as an illegal housing scheme next to Sultan Town, off Raiwind Road in Niaz Baig village.

An LDA spokesman said that some groups were selling plots in the illegal sub-division near the University of Lahore. He said this scheme did not have LDA approval.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 14th, 2012.

Illegal development: ‘Avoid these five housing schemes’ (http://tribune.com.pk/story/427103/illegal-development-avoid-these-five-housing-schemes/)

LAHORE:

The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has warned citizens not to buy property in five private housing schemes that it says do not have formal development approval.

These are Munir Gardens on Thokar Niaz Baig Road; Lalazar Gardens, Peco Road, Marghazar Colony; Mian Farm Houses near the T&T Aabpara Housing Scheme on Raiwind Road; Green Avenue Housing Scheme Near Gulshan-i- Lahore, Khayaban-i- Jinnah; and Yousuf Town, Defence Road.

The LDA said in a statement on Monday that citizens should not enter into any transactions at these housing schemes. Prospective buyers should always check the status of private schemes with the LDA, it said. The LDA statement said that the developers had been asked to stop the advertisement, sale and development of plots or face legal action.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2012

Land use: Housing on agri-land to be referred to 2nd committee (http://tribune.com.pk/story/430884/land-use-housing-on-agri-land-to-be-referred-to-2nd-committee/)

LAHORE:

Members of a committee formed to delineate peripheral urban areas discussed the challenges of displacing housing schemes built illegally in agricultural areas at their second meeting on Monday.

The committee was formed recently to “ensure that agriculture land/green areas are saved at reasonable levels to provide oxygen to congested localities,” according to a city government notification.

The meeting on Monday, chaired by Aslam Mughal, president of the Institute of Planners Pakistan, considered which housing schemes should be allowed to remain and which should not.

Masood Tamanna, the executive district officer for municipal services and a member of the committee, told The Express Tribune that any housing scheme adjudged to be in an agricultural area will be referred to a conflict resolution committee.

At the meeting, some members suggested that rather than declaring certain green regions as agricultural areas, they should be declared protected environmental protected zones, because agricultural areas could be easily denotified and converted to commercial or residential areas.

Tamanna later told The Tribune that this proposal was not viable as the there was no such classification in the land use rules. “The area has to be declared an agricultural area in order for it to be protected,” he said.

A committee member said that housing schemes built on agricultural land more than three years ago would be legally difficult to displace, since before the Land Use Rules of 2009, the status of such schemes was a grey area.

However, Tamanna dismissed this concern, saying that there were land use rules before 2009 too.

The Lahore Development Authority recently declared 101 housing schemes in the city illegal for violating zoning rules. The city government has stopped the transfer of property in these housing schemes by freezing the issuance of No Objection Certificates from the District Office of Special Planning which was not given.

Dr Nasir Javed, the Urban Unit project director, said that calls for these housing schemes to be allowed to facilitate the people were misplaced. He said that most of these housing schemes were for rich people. He said it was important to concentrate on development in crowded urban areas such as Harbanspura and Shahdara.

The possibility of declaring peri-urban areas in Burki and Bedian was also discussed.

LDA Chief Metropolitan Planner Waseem Ahmad Khan said that it was essential that development in these areas be controlled.

River bed

The city government has also formed a committee – consisting of the additional collector (revenue), the irrigation chief engineer and the chief metropolitan planner – to assess the khadar (river bed) area in the city.

Khan, the chief metropolitan planner, said that various proposals for the khadar area were being discussed. One was for the entire area to be declared a national park. An older proposal called for the Communication and Works Department to turn the area into an artificial lake, but at Rs35 billion, it was too expensive. He said that the park would fall in the jurisdiction of Sheikhupura district, but since there were plans to form a regional development authority for Lahore and neighbouring districts, this would not be a problem.

A member of the river bed committee told The Tribune that there were some 400,000 kanals of khadar area in Lahore. He said that several years ago it had been as suggested that the khadar area consisted of just 472 kanals.

A representative of the Ferozepur Industrial Association demanded that an area off Ferozepur Road near Hadyara Drain be declared an industrial area like the Sunder Industrial Estate. He said that 400 industrial units already existed in the area.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 4th, 2012

That's LDA on a roll here ladies and gents! Read about the RELOCATION of people from disapproved housing societies! If it really ever comes to that, its going to be a big issue!

Check on housing schemes City’s peri-urban areas will be mapped (http://dawn.com/2012/09/04/check-on-housing-schemes-citys-peri-urban-areas-will-be-mapped/)

Further debate and angle on the same story.

Do note the following comment:

Various issues related to jurisdiction of CDGL, LDA, towns, DHA and restricted areas of the city came under discussion at the meeting. The participants agreed to start an extensive debate on various city areas being considered for carrying out development by the CDGL, LDA, towns or other civic agencies in the next 20-25 years.

With multiple agencies controlling the 'city' (LDA doesn’t have a definition for the boundaries of Lahore city...surprised?!), There are grey areas and areas where efforts are either duplicated or not sufficient. Different jurisdictions mean there are 'chaipi's/چیپی' applied to every problem in the city and there is no coordinated standard approach to resolving the various challenges.

Did you know that DHA and the Cantonment don't fall under the planning departments of LDA or the CDGL and hence they do everything to their own tune? These areas have their own rules laws bylaws etc.

And with so much disconnect, lack of coordination and inefficiency it is only Lahore and the Lahoris that lose in the end.

We need one daddy of the city, CDGL the GOVERNMENT, LDA the Civic Planning and Execution agency (with integrated sub units: WASA and TEPA should not exist on their own), One transport planning agency say the LTC (with Lahore Parking Company integrated!), One Health department, One electricity Distribution mechanism preferably owned by the LDA (They should buy LESCO and sell bijli to Lahoris directly) etc etc.

Centralize, Integrate and Consolidate the planning, execution and governance functions
I am not saying that local govt and local representation should not be there! It should be there but it should be with committees or groups or private citizens and not cantonment boards and DHA's and Railways and the gazillion housing societies!

In summary, Lahore deserves better management though smart and centralized control.

The End

a multiplicity of land-owning agencies with confused allocation of spheres of influence, weak governance and land-grabbing connected with political clout.

KArachi has the exact same problem.

Karachi: Urban Jungle (http://dawn.com/2012/08/28/urban-jungle/)

In Karachi, CDGK control only 31% of the total area of Karachi! (Ref: Karachi: The Land Issues (http://www.urckarachi.org/IIED%20Karachi%20Land%20Study%20by%20Arif%20Hasan%20(%2002%20July%202012).pdf) a study by Arif Hassan and NED Karachi)

The rest of Karachi district area is controlled by:

Railways
Port Qasim
Karachi Port Trust
DHA
Govt. of Pakistan
Cantonment
Cooperative Housing Societies
Industrial & Educational units
Sindh Industrial Trade Estate
Govt. of Sindh
Lyari Dev. Authority (LDA)
Malir Dev. Authority (MDA)


This was just for some perspective and comparison with Lahore.

^^ Except Islamabad, all big cities have multiple control authorities, and yes I agree that there should be only one authority that should be in total control, but considering the cantonment authorities, it seems almost impossible!

^^ Except Islamabad, all big cities have multiple control authorities, and yes I agree that there should be only one authority that should be in total control, but considering the cantonment authorities, it seems almost impossible!

But PPP is trying to take away cda power, I hope it never happens.

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:lol::lol::lol:open heart surgery of Lahore every artery is blocked

This is a vehicular undrerpass rite...??