Partial view of the Lyari Expressway Eesa Nagri interchange and of the completed south bound carriageway.
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Lyari Expressways completed southbound section can be seen in the background.
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Lyari Expressway Northbound section under construction as seen when approaching from Azizabad side.
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Lyari Expressway northbound section under construction as seen from Hassan Square--Nazimabad road (sorry don't know the name of the road).
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Lyari Expressway northbound section under construction.
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Lyari Expressway's completed southbound section.
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Lyari Expressway Eesa Nagri interchange under construction.
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Excellent updates :applause:

Work seems to be going at a good pace.

Naaiiiccce.

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Could somebody plz find out what that HUUUUUGE yellow crane is for? Seems to be a high/mid-rise project...

Excellent updates reddy :okay:

Way to go RedArrow

Someone is driving through Lyari Xpress ONE way

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7183328581067865391

this video contains adventures scenes and funny conversation of typical karachiites from "naii karaanchi" which is vry interesting

:lol:

apart of entertainment you will find out some dangerous facts

Someone is driving through Lyari Xpress ONE way

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7183328581067865391

this video contains adventures scenes and funny conversation of typical karachiites from "naii karaanchi" which is vry interesting

:lol:

apart of entertainment you will find out some dangerous facts

Nice video. I enjoyed it. Lyari Expressway is nicely built, but I agree with the 3 guys in the video. They should build a sturdy fence, those kids should not be playing on an EXPRESSWAY.

They were crouched and playing on such an important thoroughfare and other men walking around as if its some sort of park. Someday one of these children is going to get hit and die and then the driver is going to be blamed. They seriously need to fence the entire left side of the expressway.

wtf r people doing on the road

I hope they get rid of those people otherwise there will be deaths! and they will blame it on the drivers.:ohno:

my observation

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1. wrong way traffic / dangerous driving
2. people hanging out and sitting by the "expressway"
3. children playing and litterly blocking the car
4. dont seem to have roadside lights
5. no highway police was seen as advertised
6. no signboard for the approaching interchange
7. highway maintenance underway without any safety barriers

what are people doin on an expressway anyway? what was the need to be on it in the first place?

The "fun" to play on an expressway, you know how monumental that is for a kid?

"I PLAYED ON THE LYARI EXPRESSWAY!"

:ohno:

its not fully functional ..... so u can expect this ..

I've seen poor illiterate kids doing push ups and lying down on the road, in between traffic, just to show how brave they are to their friends. Beat that.

^^^^^^ a 12 year kid hit by an unknown car on Lyari Expressway. They need to put a fence all along the this expressway.

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"Gari se KUCHAL Kar HALAK"

Just like in the movies, but again, stupid parents I say.

We must be the most retarded country on earth. A young life was lost because no fence was installed next to high density slums located right next to an expressway. It's not rocket science to figure out that a kid is going to die very soon if a fence is not installed.

It happened already, too late for that poor boy.

We must be the most retarded country on earth.

:okay:

Careless parents, poor infrastructure and no police. This is a sad news.

That's what happens when you walk on the road.

Good News .... fencing installed on LEW

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With the fence installed the boys walking on the LEW, oh lord :ohno:

And then he'll get run down and newspapers will blame it on 'errant driving' and somebody will burn some buses and block the LeW for a few hours. The circle of life. :P

hope the lyari expressway finishes before the mid of this year so traffic can start and all loaded trailers move out of the city

Assalamaoalukum,

May be they built fence around him while he was playing cricket on the expressway!
:ohno:

Just need to fence the other side now. Then I feel it should be all good.

@ welders, Janab Heavy traffic is not allowed onb Lyari Expressway. All the loaded trucks are supposed to use Northern Bypass instead.

@Cricket_Fan, Sir, There's a dirty river named Lyari Naddi on the other side, which this Expressway is named for...

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i think these kids r fool :weird:

^^but i think these kids are intelligent and brave they are future scientist of our country

of course they are fools u dont need to think on that

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I can't see the pictures, maybe its just me?

I can't see the pictures, maybe its just me?

yes it's just you, i can see it :)

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The work on this project is speed up nowadays :)

I think this project would be ready in next year's Q4

KARACHI, Oct 30: The government has decided to rid the much-delayed Lyari Expressway project of the various bottlenecks that has impeded its progress and complete its remaining 5.5-kilometre section within a year, besides initiating work on the Shershah Bridge on Northern Bypass next month.

The decision was made in a meeting, chaired by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, at the Governor House here on Thursday.

The meeting took stock of inordinate delays in the execution of the project and noted that the masses would suffer if the project was further delayed.

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal told the meeting that the city government would ensure the right of way to the National Highway Authority (NHA) for completing the remaining 5.5-km section of the project within six months, if the federal government provided the promised funds in this regard.

The governor assured his all-out support regarding the provision of funds from the federal government.

The secretary of NHA assured the meeting that his organisation would complete the remaining work within six months after getting the right of way.

He said the reconstruction of the collapsed Shershah Bridge of Northern Bypass Karachi would be initiated next month.

He said the reconstruction would be carried out according to the new design and the previous structural faults in the project would be completely removed.

He asked for installation of streetlights on the south-bound carriageway of the Lyari Expressway to facilitate commuters.

He said that in order to encourage people to use the Lyari Expressway it was necessary that toll tax on it be withdrawn.

The nazim said that the city government was ready to pay the toll tax to the government so that the people of Karachi could be facilitated.

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan has directed the organizations undertaking mega projects in the province to complete these projects, including the Lyari Expressway (LEW), at the earliest possible, making use of available resources with financial discipline.

He was chairing a meeting on the LEW at the Governor House on Thursday. Karachi Nazim Mustafa Kamal, the federal communications secretary and National Highway Authority (NHA) General Manager Sharif Ahmed were also present.

The governor assured the participants of his cooperation towards acquiring the funds from the federal government. Kamal said that upon receiving the funds, the CDGK will provide all support to the NHA within six months and the federal secretary said that the remaining 5.5 km of road will be completed within six months. pr

Saturday, November 01, 2008
Karachi

Sindh Chief Secretary Fazalur Rehman has directed officials concerned to make lighting and other arrangements along Lyari Expressway so as to streamline traffic flow.

Presiding over a meeting at his office here on Friday, he said arrangements for smooth traffic flow at entry and exit points of Lyari Expressway should also be made. Standby power generators should also be made available to continue lighting arrangements on the road in case of load-shedding, he added.

The meeting was apprised that the Sohrab Goth portion has been opened for traffic while Sir Shah Suleman Road portion will be opened within 10 days and other portion of Lyari Expressway will be opened gradually. Project Director Lyari Expressway Resettlement Programme, Shafiqur Rahman told the meeting that all concerned stakeholders are cooperating in this regard. District Coordination Officer (DCO) Karachi offered to arrange lighting arrangement along Lyari Expressway by the City District Government Karachi (CDGK).

The CS said Sindh Chief Minister had ordered timely completion of Lyari Expressway. Any hindrance in the way of completion of the project be informed to me, he added.

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I thought Frontier Works Organization (FWO) was working on the Lyari Expressway. How the hell did CDGK start working on it???

if they work on the surroundings too, i mean some addictive greenery, then this project looks awesome from air. btw its not bad at all.

MUSHTAQ GHUMMAN

ISLAMABAD (November 06 2008): The Planning and Development Division has expressed dissatisfaction over external financial assistance in Karachi in the past, saying that it was piecemeal, with no integrated approach to improve urban infrastructure and services on sustainable basis.

Commenting on Lyari Expressway resettlement project (revised), to be considered by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) in its meeting on Thursday, Secretary, Planning and Development, Suhail Safdar, stated that the immense size of Karachi, the magnitude of investment requirements, and scale of needs for urban policy and institutional reforms suggest that challenges of this mega city cannot be addressed with a traditional approach of one-off projects.

The project cost has been revised, upward, to Rs 8.72 billion from the original estimate of Rs 4.685 billion. Sources said that the enhanced cost of Rs 4.034 billion on account of resettlement works/arrangements has been agreed, to be shared between the federal and provincial governments as follows:

I. The federal government must share 50 percent of the enhanced cost to a maximum level of Rs 2.017 billion.

II. The remaining 50 percent cost would be shared amongst the provincial government and City District Government (CDG). Sources said that any further increase in the cost would be borne by the provincial government/CDG.

The Lyari is being constructed along with the bank of Lyari River, which is approximately 16.4 km long, and is connecting Sohrab Goth with Mauripur, thus easing out movement of heavy traffic from the city. The original scheme, costing Rs 2871.652 million, was approved by Ecnec on April 23, 2002, to accommodate 14,817 families. This including federal financing of Rs 1806.652 million (63 percent of total cost), whereas Sindh government was required to arrange balance of 37 percent of total cost.

Later, on the request of provincial government, that federal government should arrange total financing, another summary was submitted. The Ecnec, in its meeting on July 27, 2004, provided another Rs 500 million, thereby increasing federal government share to Rs 2307 million (83 percent of total cost).

The project was revised due to inclusion of 4 interchanges, ramps and slip ways, and the total length of ROW was increased from 23.8 km to 38 km, which also required removal and resettlement of additional affectees with this area for construction of LEW. The revised scheme, costing Rs 4687.635 million, was approved by Ecnec on December 14, 2005. The scope of the revised scheme was to resettle 24,419 affected families.

Currently, the revised PC-1 has been submitted by the sponsors for the following reasons: (i) the number of affectees has increased from 24,419 to 30,011 households; (ii) acquisition of lease/properties at revised market prices; (iii) cost of electricity work to be paid to KESC has been revised upward; and (iv) development of 205 acres land for revised number of additional affectees ie 5592. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has already directed the government to complete the Lyari Expressway immediately.

if they work on the surroundings too, i mean some addictive greenery, then this project looks awesome from air. btw its not bad at all.

agree with you.....

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Lyari+Express-way+Rehabilitation+Project

^^ i think they r already on on it

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Lyari Expressway Southbound Show
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nice show :applause: himali at the top

nice pics thanks :applause:

Some of the lane markings are wrong.

^^ some lanes are not even straight, thanx to poor construction and even poor planning.

^^ some lanes are not even straight, thanx to poor construction and even poor planning.

man prove yourself productive before criticizing every project as u did in every thread we all must realize that something is better than nothing the projects we seen today in karachi were the dream for us but now they are happening and we(the revenue generator and stake holder of karachi) are happy with the progress of karachi

i'd recommend lane straightners to get registered with i own karachi scheme and go by urself and mark straight lanes with a big futtaa :lol:

agreed with iLuVkArAcHi too

& yes there r things which r not correct/perfect/upto standard which is fact but where r u standing to make them correct?

will post more pictures of evening drive at LEW.

man prove yourself productive before criticizing every project as u did in every thread we all must realize that something is better than nothing the projects we seen today in karachi were the dream for us but now they are happening and we(the revenue generator and stake holder of karachi) are happy with the progress of karachi

And if u dont want to go there,u dont have any right to Criticize govt>:bash:

And if u dont want to go there,u dont have any right to Criticize govt>:bash:

A very strong message....... I've always felt, If, after all the knowledge, education and experience I don't serve my country............ Who will?

Actually the Lyari Expressway is quite good by Pakistani standards. In fact it might even pass the standards of some more developed countries. Lets just hope it stays solid when the next floods come and the Lyari river overflows and the expressway is inundated. Then we'll find out then if its good quality or not.

I still remember the time when there weren't even bridges over the Lyari River in many places in Karachi. For example in Nazimabad the road dipped down to the river bed and then rise up again on the other side as there was no bridge there. And people used to live in "juggis" on either side. It was quite grim. Compared to that we have the expressway that will be running on both sides and dozens of overpasses and flyovers. This is like being in the space age compared to before.

This expressway is probably my favorite project in Karachi simply because I always considered the Lyari River to be the biggest eyesore in the city and thanks to this project this problem will be fixed.

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thats all for now

one of the best express in the pakistan. emagine lyari river look like thames river in london...

thanks very nice pics :)

one of the best express in the pakistan. emagine lyari river look like thames river in london...
I believe this is the first and only expressway in Pakistan.

you're forgetting the pindi isb expressway

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not agreed with the "80" speed sign at this corner, perhaps they might have said "SLOW".

Islamabad - Lahore motorway is no doubt great peace of work too but thats connecting two cities, here I assume siamu meant to say inter-city expressway which is again no doubt only one of its kind in Pakistan.

Nice pics himali.

Excellent pics Himali! :happy:


YOU DA MAN! :laugh:

emagine lyari river look like thames river in london...

Nothing wrong with a dream, who knows, it might be that way someday.

Good work himali!

Good job guy :banana::banana:

one of the best express in the pakistan. emagine lyari river look like thames river in london...

That would be very nice, but unfortunately Karachi has no fresh water supply that would fill the dry river bed. Unless, of course, one day when we become a rich nation we divert a channel from the Indus and force it to flow through Karachi. It can be done but at a huge cost.

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not agreed with the "80" speed sign at this corner, perhaps they might have said "SLOW".

Islamabad - Lahore motorway is no doubt great peace of work too but thats connecting two cities, here I assume siamu meant to say inter-city expressway which is again no doubt only one of its kind in Pakistan.

i mean the rawanpindi-islamabad expressway

i mean the rawanpindi-islamabad expressway
That expressway is not INSIDE a city, it connects two cities.

Yeah LEW is pretty much the only true expressway within city limits, and it looks cool too :cool:

What is the definition of an expressway? Is it like a motorway, but inside a city?

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did u guys dream something like this?

I like this is cool thanks.

:crazy:

What is the definition of an expressway? Is it like a motorway, but inside a city?
PRetty much yes.

^^ the road isn't straight, could imagine lots of accidents taking place on this already.

Can I use this for treatment of FK, he banned me to post for a week on forum.

When??

^^ the road isn't straight, could imagine lots of accidents taking place on this already.
That's true. Because all the other roads in the world are straight.

There's nothing in the definition of "expressway" that states that it is within a city. All these are equivalent: motorway, highway, freeway, expressway, and are used interchangeably. The word motorway is used in UK, from where Nawaz Sharif picked it up. In North America they're called highways. The words freeways or expressways are not used in conversation but are technical terms.

Here's a technical definition of expressway:

In the United States, an expressway is defined by the federal government’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as a divided highway with partial control of access. In contrast, a freeway is defined as a divided highway with full control of access. The difference between partial and full access control is that expressways may have a limited number of driveways and at-grade intersections (thus making them a form of high-speed arterial road), while access to freeways is allowed only at grade-separated interchanges. Expressways under this definition do not conform to interstate highway standards (which ban practically all driveways and at-grade intersections) and are therefore usually numbered as state highways or U.S. highways.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressway

Thanks for the explanation guys:)

There's nothing in the definition of "expressway" that states that it is within a city. All these are equivalent: motorway, highway, freeway, expressway, and are used interchangeably. The word motorway is used in UK, from where Nawaz Sharif picked it up. In North America they're called highways. The words freeways or expressways are not used in conversation but are technical terms.

Here's a technical definition of expressway:

In the United States, an expressway is defined by the federal government’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as a divided highway with partial control of access. In contrast, a freeway is defined as a divided highway with full control of access. The difference between partial and full access control is that expressways may have a limited number of driveways and at-grade intersections (thus making them a form of high-speed arterial road), while access to freeways is allowed only at grade-separated interchanges. Expressways under this definition do not conform to interstate highway standards (which ban practically all driveways and at-grade intersections) and are therefore usually numbered as state highways or U.S. highways.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressway

In California we use freeways in place of highways and its a very common term here.
P.S dont believe everything you read on wikipedia always try to find different sources.

In California we use freeways in place of highways and its a very common term here.
P.S dont believe everything you read on wikipedia always try to find different sources.

True, in CA, they are called Freeways.
These X-ways are those that are normally bigger and signal free fast tracks that have few entries and exits for relatively smaller and slower Y-ways and are normally made to facilitate traffic meant to travel longer distances within or outside the cities.
BTW: this is my own understanding about these highways, freeways, expressways and motorways.

There's nothing in the definition of "expressway" that states that it is within a city. All these are equivalent: motorway, highway, freeway, expressway, and are used interchangeably. The word motorway is used in UK, from where Nawaz Sharif picked it up. In North America they're called highways. The words freeways or expressways are not used in conversation but are technical terms.

Here's a technical definition of expressway:

In the United States, an expressway is defined by the federal government’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as a divided highway with partial control of access. In contrast, a freeway is defined as a divided highway with full control of access. The difference between partial and full access control is that expressways may have a limited number of driveways and at-grade intersections (thus making them a form of high-speed arterial road), while access to freeways is allowed only at grade-separated interchanges. Expressways under this definition do not conform to interstate highway standards (which ban practically all driveways and at-grade intersections) and are therefore usually numbered as state highways or U.S. highways.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressway
Expressway doesn't HAVE to be in a city, I just said that this is the first expressway inside a city. Also, at least according to common usage, expressways are usually almost always inside cities (although that wasn't what I was talking about). Expressways are access controlled roads without any turnings/signals/etc that go from point A to point B quickly. It allows traffic to bypass normal roads.

The stretch connecting the KPT interchange to Baloch Colony is supposed to be an expressway. What a joke :hahano:

thats is known as "Shaheed-e-Millat By-Pass"

Yeah its just a bypass but its apparently called an expressway :nuts:

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Shaheed-e-Millat Expressway!

That is "By-Pass", who calls it an expressway :nuts:

^^ what is the name of that building underconstruction in the last pic

It's also known as Korangi bypass. That's what I always call it.

^^ what is the name of that building underconstruction in the last pic

Karachi Complex, very very huge building U/C near Ghareebabad Interchange. It will 12 to 18fl tall after completion.

^^ 18 flrs and no cranes???

karachi complex never heard of it before..!!!

^^ An ordinary residential cum commercial apartments project.

ordinary but it look so huge may be angle of the pic

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did u guys dream something like this?

Wow, Is tat a river or a channel next to the pic?? Its awesome. Feels like wanna go for a boat ride there! beautiful place

In California we use freeways in place of highways and its a very common term here.
P.S dont believe everything you read on wikipedia always try to find different sources.

He just used Wikipedia for the definition of an Expressway. Nothing wrong with that!! Definitions are always correct on Wikipedia. So no need to "find different sources". And he just used his personal experience, of living in North America, on how and when words such as highways, freeways & expressways are used.

Wow, Is tat a river or a channel next to the pic?? Its awesome. Feels like wanna go for a boat ride there! beautiful place

No Sir. Thats just a wet dream, at best.

Karachi Complex, very very huge building U/C near Ghareebabad Interchange. It will 12 to 18fl tall after completion.

Yes i also know about this project but it is 15 floor and currnetly at 9 floor

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I bet they'll have to make this free soon once they find that no one is using it if they have to pay for it.

yeah if u see in that pic there is only one car which is going through the expressway and on the other side many cars are using the normal road (sorry i dont know its name)

with those toll gate there are two men sitting on the chairs are they taking toll now..??

Actually, this is an expressway, not a normal road. People might not have to use it all the time. In morning and eve, u will see a lot of cars going through it.

guys this project has long way to go yet as it is expected to be completed on 31/12/2009 according to nha website.

More than 80% of the project has already been completed... kahan rehte ho bhai??? one track was opened ages ago..

How much is the toll for a car to use the expressway? I oppose tolls on inner-city roads/expressways, its maintenance should be funded by taxes, that way everyone shares the burden.

RS 10/=

Not that bad, but still, I am against imposing tolls when there is no decent public transport system available. They are only justified in putting expressway/congestion tolls if theres a world class metro system in place.

I agree with you (brightside) that in city there shouldn't be tax on roads especially when there is no Mass Rapid Transit System for millions of people...

^^all the more reason to put tax on the roads so the money can be used to create better Mass transit system in the future.

that will never happen in our lives...
maybe our kids (in their burhaapa-old age) will be able to see a mass transit system in karachi...

Nothing wrong with putting a toll. The thing cost money, and the money must be recouped. And it's just 15 Rs.

I would agreed with you in imposing the toll tax but only if the substitute of traveling via road (MRTS) was available.....Does anyone have any figures on no of cars using the expressway ????It might not be the right thread to ask but is there any updates on Karachi MRTS... ???

More than 80% of the project has already been completed... kahan rehte ho bhai??? one track was opened ages ago..

Bhai i live in UK not Karachi :nuts:

yes he is living in uk same like me. so plzzz dont blame us. we are just relying on your updates.....

govt should make this expressway free to use, to make public get used to of it then later on they may introduce charges so those who can't avoid using it will pay for sure

^^
but then the citizens will start complaining because they love "MUFTA-KHORI"
tolls are necessary... I've seen some people in Sindh who don't even pay tolls at highways... they just ignore those toll plazas

Lyari Expressway to be completed by Dec 2009

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Karachi

The under-construction Lyari Expressway, which was initially scheduled to be completed by November 2004, will now be completed on December 31, 2009.

The expressway is being constructed by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) and is being funded by the Government of Pakistan. Officials said that the project’s south-bound expressway has been completed and is open for traffic while 70 per cent of the work on north-bound expressway has been done.

It has been observed, however, that the opened south-bound expressway has failed to attract motorists due to the high insecurity throughout the expressway, as well as the fact that the National Highway Authority is taking a toll tax from the citizens.

Lyari expressway officials said that the main objective of the project was to reduce traffic congestion in the city by providing an alternate route to citizens. The project, however, has up till now, neither been able to reduce travel times, nor has it minimised the operational cost of vehicles.

Moreover, due to this project, the dumping of garbage in the river bed has also not stopped causing a blockage of waterway. Consequently, extreme pollution in the zone of river corridor due to discharge of untreated sewerage and solid waste has not decreased.

Lyari Expressway to be completed by Dec 2009

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Karachi

The under-construction Lyari Expressway, which was initially scheduled to be completed by November 2004, will now be completed on December 31, 2009.

The expressway is being constructed by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) and is being funded by the Government of Pakistan. Officials said that the project’s south-bound expressway has been completed and is open for traffic while 70 per cent of the work on north-bound expressway has been done.

It has been observed, however, that the opened south-bound expressway has failed to attract motorists due to the high insecurity throughout the expressway, as well as the fact that the National Highway Authority is taking a toll tax from the citizens.

Lyari expressway officials said that the main objective of the project was to reduce traffic congestion in the city by providing an alternate route to citizens. The project, however, has up till now, neither been able to reduce travel times, nor has it minimised the operational cost of vehicles.

Moreover, due to this project, the dumping of garbage in the river bed has also not stopped causing a blockage of waterway. Consequently, extreme pollution in the zone of river corridor due to discharge of untreated sewerage and solid waste has not decreased.

Why they give the Deadline of Dec 2009 if much of the work is completed.Dec 2009 means after Mustufa Kamal term completed i.e Oct 2009

what do mean mustufa kamal term completed oct 2009

what do mean mustufa kamal term completed oct 2009

Like Prime Minster & its cabinet have term of 5 years.

does he will elect again.....its there any restriction .... because we need him

No there is no restriction like that inshallah he'll win again for sure because karachi needs him and every karachite knows that what he has done in his time. :)

Motorway Police on the LEW :rock:

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/images/2009/01/02/20090102_30.jpg

Its a fucking woman! :shocked: How can that be?

Aren't they supposed to be locked up in the house or something?

Its a fucking woman! :shocked: How can that be?

Aren't they supposed to be locked up in the house or something?
Chained to the bedpost!

^^ :lol:

Motorway Police on the LEW :rock:

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They should have guns.

people must start using it.... doesnt matter if it has a toll to travel on... i am sure it will provide a great driving experience and utility at the same time....

Motorway Police on the LEW :rock:

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Everyone want to be fine :lol: ^^

Its a fucking woman! :shocked: How can that be?

Aren't they supposed to be locked up in the house or something?

very sexcist comment mister. sounds lyk there r nuts to b cracked.

Karachiites are proud their mothers daughters sisters & wifes taking very active part in development of our city.

very sexcist comment mister. sounds lyk there r nuts to b cracked.

Karachiites are proud their mothers daughters sisters & wifes taking very active part in development of our city.

:nuts::nuts:

I think he is just showing that the sterotypes about women in Pakistan is not true.

very sexcist comment mister. sounds lyk there r nuts to b cracked.

Karachiites are proud their mothers daughters sisters & wifes taking very active part in development of our city.

Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm)

^^

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=439681

if someone don't bother to read rules book then atleast consider using symbols exists in English language as if they happen to believe that their "English Grammar" is the best; or-- perhaps, use a smiley which made to represent your mood?

:cheers:

in b/w. the link u've mentioned doesn't support ur "comments" neither the rule book.

Maaf ker meri maa

Ghalti ho gaye. :master:

:laugh:

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Construction work of Lyari Expressway is underway on Teen Hatti Bridge. Photo taken by S A Siddiqi

^^ good work Nouman_26 this project has taken off very fasssssst.

ya realy magar koi mujhe btaye ga k is project ki completion date tak hai?

ya realy magar koi mujhe btaye ga k is project ki completion date tak hai?

Sirf Ooperwala janay!! Don't believe the politicians for a minute.

But its tauted as the one of the biggest urban project in the world, so gotta be patient!

Sirf Ooperwala janay!! Don't believe the politicians for a minute.

But its tauted as the one of the biggest urban project in the world, so gotta be patient!

ya u r rite :colgate:

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work on gharib abad interchange is in progress..:cheers:

Good job with the updates. This project seems to be moving along well and we can see that the construction quality is quite good.

Damn! That roadway looks solid! And the overall construction quality of LEW is pretty good too! :yes:

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work on gharib abad interchange is in progress..:cheers:

Great Steel work, Long Live Mustafa Kamal.

I was in Karachi, the ride on LEW is just amazing.

Great Steel work, Long Live Mustafa Kamal.


but if i am not wrong, it got nothing to do with mustafa kamal... its NHA

^^
That's true

Jiye NHA.

This is NHA project but i think city govt is constructing it, city govt also proivided plots for the displaced people!

^^ ur comments make no sense what so ever if its NHA project then NHA is constructing it not city district govt. :nuts:

Good job with the updates. This project seems to be moving along well and we can see that the construction quality is quite good.

:bowtie:

As far as I know the federal government is paying for this and the NHA is building it. But the city government had the responsibility for removing the illegal encroachments along the route of the expressway and resettling the people elsewhere.

http://express.com.pk/images/NP_KHI/20090611/Sub_Images/1100645322-1.jpg
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wa aik naya word "asster kaari" what does that mean

Aster Kaari means carpeting of the road in Urdu.

first time any urdu news paper using the right urdu word for describing carpeting :)

^^ You read it for the first time, its a regular urdu word, quite often used by papers.

maybe its only me...

usually they use the word "ISTRI" like "IRONING" in english.. nyways the road luks gud in quality

Hahha its not ISTRI .. lolzzz Its ASTAR KAARI... ASTAR=patch in urdu. KAARI=works...

Hahha its not ISTRI .. lolzzz Its ASTAR KAARI... ASTAR=patch in urdu. KAARI=works...

Pevandkari = Patching

AstarKari = Carpeting

Astar is the lining in clothes, or it also means mule so I'm not sure where astarkaari comes from. It could mean 'lining work" or "mule work".

I'm trying to learn Persian nowadays and I keep being surprised to see how much of Urdu is actually Persian. But a lot of Persian words in Urdu have been changed or have taken different meaning, and pronounced differently too. And Urdu has many Persian words from old Persian that are not used anymore in Iran.

By the way, I hadn't heard astarkaari either, but then I've been away from Pakistan for almost 30 years.

I've been away from Pakistan for almost 30 years.

have you visited pakistan even once in these 30 years???

have you visited pakistan even once in these 30 years???

Oh yeah, lots of times.

^^ oh thats great.. i thought u hav been away for 30 yrs without a visit... that would be impossible for anyone of us..

usually they use the word "ISTRI" like "IRONING" in english.. nyways the road luks gud in quality

ISTRI means wife in Malay language.

^^ :hilarious hahahahaha

i do know istri means female in hindi n chitrali.... lol

The five-kilometre-long stretch of the northbound track of the Lyari Expressway was opened for traffic on Saturday afternoon after the Sir Shah Sulaiman to Sohrab Goth intersection was inaugurated by Federal Minister for Transport Arbab Alam Khan.

Constructed at a cost of Rs525million, the 5 km stretch is the first section of the northbound road to be opened for traffic. While the southbound track is already fully operational, the project, costing around Rs8.5billion, has been completed by around 70 per cent.

Speaking at the occasion, the minister said that Rs50million in compensation had been released by the government. He said that funds have now been made available and the project was expected to be completed soon. The federal minister also revealed that there were many projects in the pipeline, with a host of bridges and road/highway networks being further established in interior Sindh.

National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Altaf Chaudhary said that very few cities in Asia had limited access highways within cosmopolitans, and now Karachi could be counted among one of those few. He said that much of the Lyari River bed has been encroached upon, which had to be cleared for the completion of this project, adding that there were hiccups in the compensation process since many residents were unhappy with the old compensation packages.

Motorway Police Inspector General Dr Wasim said that though compensation packages had been improved in the past, the land needed for the completion of the project was being compensated at the old rates, which was a cause of concern for the residents as they felt it was insufficient in the current era of inflation.

^^ Good news but does anyone know who received these compensation packages? Encroachers ot other affected residents of the area?

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/images/2009/07/12/20090712_36.jpg
The second part of the Lyari Expressway from Sir Shah Suleman Road to Sohrab Goth Interchange, which was inaugurated on Saturday. Online

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does this project has a completion date??

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Good job with the Google images. Seems like Google has updated their satellite photos.

Thanks for the effort of putting up the Google images, Nouman. I recently took the Lyari Expressway all the way to Masroor. It has really cut down the traveling time in between different parts of Karachi. But the slum dwellers around the expressway hang around on the shoulders, making it dangerous for themselves and drivers, especially at night. People are gonna get hit rather frequently.

Thanks for the effort of putting up the Google images, Nouman. I recently took the Lyari Expressway all the way to Masroor. It has really cut down the traveling time in between different parts of Karachi. But the slum dwellers around the expressway hang around on the shoulders, making it dangerous for themselves and drivers, especially at night. People are gonna get hit rather frequently.

Are people using it? Tolls kinda freak out the population there you know.

Not that many, actually. It was fairly deserted, barely saw two other vehicles the entire way. But then again, my dad told me that once it is complete both ways, transport trucks won't be allowed in the city anymore and they'll be compelled to use it, which should generate a nice revenue for whoever is collecting the expressway's tolls.

‘Flawed plan’ likely to delay Lyari Expressway (http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/flawed-plan-likely-to-delay-lyari-expressway-209)

ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The under-construction Lyari Expressway may not be completed by the new deadline of February 2010 because of faulty planning and mismanagement.

Sources here said that at a recent meeting of the project’s major stakeholders, doubts were expressed about timely completion of the project.

The meeting was attended by officials of the National Highway Authority, Frontier Works Organisation, consultant engineering firm, Sindh government and the city district administration.

The meeting was informed that the cost of the project was increasing with every passing day.

Initially the project was estimated to cost Rs4.892 billion.

Work started in May 2002 and the expressway was to be completed in 30 months.

A revised PC-I of Rs5.081 billion was approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council in April 2003. Under another revision, the cost was put at Rs11.7 billion.

A similar upward revision was made in the cost of rehabilitation of the people affected by the project.

An amount of Rs2.7 billion was allocated under the original PC-I for the rehabilitation of over 30,000 affected families. The amount was later raised to Rs4.7 billion and now the cost has shot up to Rs8.7 billion.

According to the record, around 6,000 families are yet to be settled.

The meeting held in Karachi was informed that 86 per cent of the construction area had been cleared and 14 per cent was still under occupation.

Clearing the area is responsibility of the provincial government and the city authorities.

The sources said the FWO would have signed the contract only when every inch of the land had been cleared and approved by the NHA.

NHA officials said that the task of clearing the land and removing encroachments was assigned to the Sindh government and city authorities, but because of political and social pressures and administrative problems it could not be completed on time.

The meeting was informed that under the original PC-I the government of Sindh had agreed to meet 50 per cent of the cost. But so far it has not released a single penny.

NHA officials said that no work had been done on seven kilometres of the project because the city government has cleared only two km and the remaining five km was still under occupation.

It may be mentioned that the NHA is paying Rs12 million a month to the FWO for consultancy and supervision, but construction work can be undertaken only after the clearance of the area.

It was suggested at the meeting that the five km portion, which is still under occupation, should be redesigned. But NHA officials said the provincial government would not allow any change in the design.

The expressway which has four interchanges, 16 overhead bridges and 83 culverts was conceived to provide congestion-free traffic from the port to the Superhighway at Sohrab Goth, reducing the travel time between the two points by 30 minutes.

Enjoy! :)

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And the ticket :tongue3:

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^^is pe bi water mark cmon :doh:

^^is pe bi water mark cmon :doh:

THERE SHALL BE A WATERMARK ON EVERYTHING!


I'll even put one on you! >(

nice updates booga :applause:
btw is there any plan of converting that ganda nala into a beautiful river??????

great update booga shaib and this road really looking up......

Mr. Booga.. how long is the stretch u travelled on...

One other thing, is this thing still closed or something... i see no traffic at all, why arnt ppl using it????

Mr. Booga.. how long is the stretch u travelled on...

One other thing, is this thing still closed or something... i see no traffic at all, why arnt ppl using it????

I travelled on the entire stretch, from where it starts at Super Highway to the Port at Mauripur. The southbound track is open for traffic but the northbound track is still under construction. i saw heavy encroachment in some areas which is the reason for the delay. The federal Government stopped releasing the funds for the resettlement of the effected people after Musharrafs departure and thats why it is delayed. It was deserted because it was REALLY Early, like 8AM on a Sunday.

I travelled on the entire stretch, from where it starts at Super Highway to the Port at Mauripur. The southbound track is open for traffic but the northbound track is still under construction. i saw heavy encroachment in some areas which is the reason for the delay. The federal Government stopped releasing the funds for the resettlement of the effected people after Musharrafs departure and thats why it is delayed. It was deserted because it was REALLY Early, like 8AM on a Sunday.

oh ok... thanks..

would u be able to tell the length in KM's of this stretch..!! just curious..

oh ok... thanks..

would u be able to tell the length in KM's of this stretch..!! just curious..

I have no idea man, someone here probably knows.

around 17 kms

grt pictures... welldone Booga:banana:

yeah awesome work booga Ji

5km of the northbound track is apparently open, read the article on the last page.

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Its completion date is Feb, 2010.....Will this project will be completed on time????

unless the contractor (FWO) gets right of way of north bound portion, this project won't get completed ...

Its completion date is Feb, 2010.....Will this project will be completed on time????

No way.

Its completion date is Feb, 2010.....Will this project will be completed on time????

Even Feb 2011 looks impossible.

Whats the problem with this project. It has taken almost a decade to build it. Yeah sure its long and it got 6 intersection but it cant take 10 years. It looks like it will take another 2-3 years. Plus noone uses it, when I was there. They should force all the trucks that come from the port to use this to get to the superhighway, that way we would loose all the traffic that comes in the evning.

Whats the problem with this project. It has taken almost a decade to build it. Yeah sure its long and it got 6 intersection but it cant take 10 years. It looks like it will take another 2-3 years. Plus noone uses it, when I was there. They should force all the trucks that come from the port to use this to get to the superhighway, that way we would loose all the traffic that comes in the evning.

The problem are the squatters on either side of the river. The federal government isnt releasing the funds for their relocation from the path of the expressway. Once they are removed, it will hardly take them a year or year and a half to finish this project.

Whats the problem with this project. It has taken almost a decade to build it. Yeah sure its long and it got 6 intersection but it cant take 10 years. It looks like it will take another 2-3 years. Plus noone uses it, when I was there. They should force all the trucks that come from the port to use this to get to the superhighway, that way we would loose all the traffic that comes in the evning.

Once it gets completed, trucks will be banned inside the city, those going from the port to the highway will be obligated to use the Lyari Expressway.

Too bad, it can really solve the truck problem in the city.

So boooga G when are you going on a trip to update us again :colgate: . Since your last update the karachi sections have been dried up of updates

Too bad, it can really solve the truck problem in the city.

So boooga G when are you going on a trip to update us again :colgate: . Since your last update the karachi sections have been dried up of updates

I doubt I will be able to do so yaar! :( I am leaving in 3 days. :cry:

Booga..u r leaving..i wanna meet u :cry:

:cry: :cry:

That was sad to hear. I hope you have had a good stay and eaten a lot of good food. I really miss pakistani food, so cheap. Here a burger costs 10$

Guess I will have to wait to summer holidays to go and take some updates and then break your record :lol:

Booga..u r leaving..i wanna meet u :cry:

There there little one. :pet:

:cry: :cry:

That was sad to hear. I hope you have had a good stay and eaten a lot of good food. I really miss pakistani food, so cheap. Here a burger costs 10$

Guess I will have to wait to summer holidays to go and take some updates and then break your record :lol:

I know! I will miss the halal food! :cry: And yes please do come here and break my record! :laugh:

I doubt I will be able to do so yaar! :( I am leaving in 3 days. :cry:

Thats sad........







When u r coming next time?:)

^^After 9 years..for his wedding :lol:

Thats sad........







When u r coming next time?:)

^^After 9 years..for his wedding :lol:


Life is very uncertain, cant say.

^^booga will visit Pakistan in 2012..

^^booga will visit Pakistan in 2012..

Hain? Kyun bhai? :laugh:

Hain? Kyun bhai? :laugh:

booga, you use facebook?? i know it could be personal, but facebook is more communication efficent...

thanks... :)

booga, you use facebook?? i know it could be personal, but facebook is more communication efficent...

thanks... :)

I have an account but I seldom login to it. Made it because my friends were eating my brains out about how facebook is this and that and blah and whatnot, but I havent touched it since.

I have an account but I seldom login to it. Made it because my friends were eating my brains out about how facebook is this and that and blah and whatnot, but I havent touched it since.

well...i am not a facebook-o-holic , but...it maintains contacts like any thing... :)... waisay, you are not missing much... :)

one changes the work place ... and in the morning, you sign in... and there is a false feeling of being with the same people... but its amazing...for me it works... :) there are people i havent literally met in 5 years.... but , we talk with each other like we work at the same place...

any ways, best of luck for your future...i hope the forum stays alive... :)

I have an account but I seldom login to it. Made it because my friends were eating my brains out about how facebook is this and that and blah and whatnot, but I havent touched it since.

by the way , there is another very impressive forum that i have been visiting since 3 years now... i am too regular with it...its also about pakistan...and the art of taking immaculate pictures...

i am anonymous there... :P

Whole LEW is 16 kms each side.....

South bound was opened almost 2 years ago........

North bound is completed 5 kms only, so 11 kms to go plus the clearing of area & the settlement of the affectes........


SO CHILL.......It willnot be completed atleast for 2 years

Whole LEW is 16 kms each side.....

South bound was opened almost 2 years ago........

North bound is completed 5 kms only, so 11 kms to go plus the clearing of area & the settlement of the affectes........


SO CHILL.......It willnot be completed atleast for 2 years

only 9 kms to go..northbound track is completed two more kms after essa nagri interchange

only 9 kms to go..northbound track is completed two more kms after essa nagri interchange

OKAY........chalo atleast 1.5-2 years tou lagain gay

best of luck man......

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that Lyari Expressway has been the most important project of city and it was in the city’s interest to complete this project at the earliest without making any amendment in the original design.

He was addressing a meeting on Lyari Expressway which was also attended by DCO Karachi Javed Hanif Khan, Project Director Lyari Resettlement Project Shafiq-ur-Rehman Paracha, Director Lyari Expressway project (NHA) Major(R)Syed Ahmed, M.D KWSB Qutubuddin Shaikh, EDO Revenue CDGK Sajjad Abbasi and officers of NHA, PTCL, KESC, SSGC, LDA and other concerned organizations.

City Nazim said that Lyari Expressway holds much importance for the city and already huge amount has been spent on it while the 90 percent of people residing in the area coming in its way were relocated. Therefore, he said the project must now be completed as soon as possible so that the citizens could get the benefits and convenience from it.

Nazim Karachi said that any further delay in this project would create more problems for the project. City government will clear the part of the project falling in Liaquatabad and SITE town according to the original map and design after negotiating with the people. He also said that all possible measures will be taken for resettlement of the affectees.

City Nazim also directed EDO Revenue Sajjad Abbasi to take necessary measures for relocation of affectees of both towns after consulting with the town nazmeen, adding that the immediate steps will be taken for resettlement of the affectees at the available land.

Nazim Karachi also appealed to the utility services providers to further expedite ongoing work in the areas of resettlement of affectees. He also expressed apprehension on the information that there was a suggestion for amendment in the original design of the project. He said that already 90 percent of the people have been relocated after demolition of residential structures in Liaquatabad, Soldier Bazar, P.I.B Colony, Lyari and other areas of the city. Any change in the original plan at this stage would besides putting adverse affect on the project also invite objection from the affectees whose leased houses were demolished. He said to NHA that considering the engineering view point technically, the higher authority be informed about the real situation so that a correct decision could be made in this regard. He also asked NHA to play its role in the early completion of the project like it did in the past. He also assured them all possible help and support from the city government.

the road looks so solid..literally feel like taking a hammer and smashing it :nuts:

the road looks so solid..literally feel like taking a hammer and smashing it :nuts:

you mean hard for driving or hard in the sense of a strong good road????

The South bound of Lyari Expressway (LEW) has been completed while all-out efforts are being made to finish the work on the North bound in the next six months, said City Nazim Mustafa Kamal while talking to media representatives after the inauguration of the Manghopir Interchange of LEW. He added that the areas falling in the way of LEW from SITE town to Sohrab Goth would soon be handed over to National Highway Authority (NHA). The government relocated around 28 thousand families previously residing at the Lyari Riverbank to a place with better infrastructure, he informed. District Coordination Officer Karachi Javed Hanif Khan, LEW Project Director Major (Retd) Syed Ahmed, LEW Rehabilitation Project Director Shafiqur Rehman Paracha, NHA Project Coordinator for LEW Arif Khan and other officers were present on this occasion.

The progress made on the Lyari Expressway (LEW) project was reviewed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Saturday. The governor called for speeding up the work on the project and ensuring its timely completion maintaining the qualitative standards.

The governor pointed out that the LEW is an important project whereby a large population has been taken out of backwardness and pollution and resettled in an environment-friendly atmosphere. He opined that the timely completion of the project will help in the elimination of pollution and ensure smooth flow of traffic.

Others present on the occasion include Principal Secretary Mumtazur Rehman and Administrator Karachi Lala Fazal Ur Rehman.

It was decided at a meeting headed by President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday that the NHA would construct the five-kilometre-long leftover patch of the Lyari Expressway (LEW) north-bound carriageway bypassing the population through the riverbed in eight months at a cost of Rs 3 billion - an amount that otherwise would have been spent on the resettlement of people living on the leftover patch.

Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani informed the Sindh Assembly that the completion of the 16.5-km long northbound carriageway of the Lyari Expressway was delayed due to some encroachments, but they were being demolished and the project would be completed this year. Replying to a question by opposition’s Arif Mustafa Jatoi, the minister said 68 percent of the carriageway has been completed and the city government has to provide a clear ‘Right of Way’ for further construction.

Lyari Expressway project has not been completed even after the passage of eight years since work on it began

About 25,000 residential units were demolished for the project and thousands of families were resettled at huge costs. The foundation stone of this mega project, being constructed on both banks of Lyari River, had been laid by General Pervez Musharraf in April 2002, and it was announced that the project would be completed in just two years.

Sixteen flyovers were planned above the bridges of Layri River to connect the two sides of the city across it besides four intersections to allow traffic entering the expressway at various busy points of the city.

The work to construct this landmark project was entrusted to National Highway Authority (NHA) while Frontier Works Organization (FWO) was awarded its coveted contract. The work was expected to be completed in November 2004 after it began in May 2002. However, many things went wrong and the project hit snags. In December 2006, the schedule of the project was reviewed and it was announced that the construction company would complete it in 2007.

The main hurdle in completion of the project was the refusal of squatters on its north-bound section to accept the resettlement plan and vacate their homes. An important political party of the city also supported these squatters and the project went in limbo.

There seems to be a lack of political will to complete this important project, as Director Finance Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project (LREP) Allah Nawaz Memon tells PPI that funds are not being released to LERP to relocate the people to other parts of the city. "No funds in this regard have been provided during last two years," revealed Memon.

"Work on North-bound section of Lyari Expressway project is being obstructed because of delay in handing over of right of way (ROW) to National Highway Authority (NHA) by the City District Government of Karachi," says Project Director Lyari Expressway, Major Syed Ahmed. If the ROW is cleared by CDGK, the NHA would complete the project in just one year, he claims. He said that possession of 5.3 kilometers area on the Northern section has become a major problem in the completion of the vital project.

Major Ahmed asserts: "The CDGK has failed to evict and resettle people of Mianwali Colony, Muslimabad, some parts of Liquatabad Town and other colonies on the North-bound section."

He said despite allocation of Rs3.5 billion to the CDGK by the federal government during the financial year 2010 for the shifting, the CDGK is still using delaying tactics. He said not even a single inch of land has been handed over to NHA since October 2009.

Major Ahmed said that structures like bridges, culverts and drains have been built in the cleared sections and earthwork completed to interlink these bridges and drains.

To a question about ever-rising cost of the project, he said that so far Rs11.8 billion had been spent on the project including Rs6.7 billion on construction and Rs5.1 billion on supervision.

Highlighting the benefits of the project, Director Lyari Expressway project said once the project is completed it would end the acute traffic jams in the metropolitan, as about 50,000 vehicles would be plying on this expressway daily.

He said that the traffic coming from Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Nazimabad and other localities in the northern area of the city and moving to the downtown would use the Lyari Expressway, because traffic flow on it would be smooth and unobstructed.

The south-bound dual lane expressway will carry the traffic from Sohrab Goth to Mauripur and vice versa on the north-bound section, he added. However, some concerns are also being raised about the environmental aspects of the project, and the critics claim the expressway project is being completed without submitting an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the Environment Protection Agency (EPA). According to the Section 12 of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997, "no proponent of a project shall commence construction or operation unless he has filed with the federal agency an initial environmental examination".

The very section further binds any proponent of a project to submit an environmental impact assessment (EIA) when the project is likely to cause adverse environmental effects.

A staunchest critic of the Layri Expressway and prominent architect Arif Hassan believes that the traffic congestion could be eased if the wholesale markets, the small scale manufacturing units, and the warehouses from M.A. Jinnah Road, Dhan Market and Steel Market situated in south of the Lyari are shifted to available vacant land round the Northern Bypass and the garbage recycling units in Shershah are shifted to the landfill sites.

He said that the LEW project has affected millions of people as the government has no appropriate plan to resettle the displaced families. "The government has just given Rs50,000 and a piece of land to each displaced family at far-flung areas of the city. These alternative sites have no water, roads, sewage, electricity, social amenities or easy access to job opportunities".

He strongly supported the proposed Karachi Mass Transit Project (KMT) for managing traffic congestion and urged the government and political stakeholders to take practical steps for initiating work on it.

A senior environmentalist serving in government sector, requesting anonymity, said that the expressway is passing through the congested residential areas of the city, and it would result in further environmental degradation and increase in smoke and noise pollution.

Lyari Expressway project has not been completed even after the passage of eight years since work on it began

About 25,000 residential units were demolished for the project and thousands of families were resettled at huge costs. The foundation stone of this mega project, being constructed on both banks of Lyari River, had been laid by General Pervez Musharraf in April 2002, and it was announced that the project would be completed in just two years.

Sixteen flyovers were planned above the bridges of Layri River to connect the two sides of the city across it besides four intersections to allow traffic entering the expressway at various busy points of the city.

The work to construct this landmark project was entrusted to National Highway Authority (NHA) while Frontier Works Organization (FWO) was awarded its coveted contract. The work was expected to be completed in November 2004 after it began in May 2002. However, many things went wrong and the project hit snags. In December 2006, the schedule of the project was reviewed and it was announced that the construction company would complete it in 2007.

The main hurdle in completion of the project was the refusal of squatters on its north-bound section to accept the resettlement plan and vacate their homes. An important political party of the city also supported these squatters and the project went in limbo.

There seems to be a lack of political will to complete this important project, as Director Finance Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project (LREP) Allah Nawaz Memon tells PPI that funds are not being released to LERP to relocate the people to other parts of the city. "No funds in this regard have been provided during last two years," revealed Memon.

"Work on North-bound section of Lyari Expressway project is being obstructed because of delay in handing over of right of way (ROW) to National Highway Authority (NHA) by the City District Government of Karachi," says Project Director Lyari Expressway, Major Syed Ahmed. If the ROW is cleared by CDGK, the NHA would complete the project in just one year, he claims. He said that possession of 5.3 kilometers area on the Northern section has become a major problem in the completion of the vital project.

Major Ahmed asserts: "The CDGK has failed to evict and resettle people of Mianwali Colony, Muslimabad, some parts of Liquatabad Town and other colonies on the North-bound section."

He said despite allocation of Rs3.5 billion to the CDGK by the federal government during the financial year 2010 for the shifting, the CDGK is still using delaying tactics. He said not even a single inch of land has been handed over to NHA since October 2009.

Major Ahmed said that structures like bridges, culverts and drains have been built in the cleared sections and earthwork completed to interlink these bridges and drains.

To a question about ever-rising cost of the project, he said that so far Rs11.8 billion had been spent on the project including Rs6.7 billion on construction and Rs5.1 billion on supervision.

Highlighting the benefits of the project, Director Lyari Expressway project said once the project is completed it would end the acute traffic jams in the metropolitan, as about 50,000 vehicles would be plying on this expressway daily.

He said that the traffic coming from Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Nazimabad and other localities in the northern area of the city and moving to the downtown would use the Lyari Expressway, because traffic flow on it would be smooth and unobstructed.

The south-bound dual lane expressway will carry the traffic from Sohrab Goth to Mauripur and vice versa on the north-bound section, he added. However, some concerns are also being raised about the environmental aspects of the project, and the critics claim the expressway project is being completed without submitting an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the Environment Protection Agency (EPA). According to the Section 12 of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997, "no proponent of a project shall commence construction or operation unless he has filed with the federal agency an initial environmental examination".

The very section further binds any proponent of a project to submit an environmental impact assessment (EIA) when the project is likely to cause adverse environmental effects.

A staunchest critic of the Layri Expressway and prominent architect Arif Hassan believes that the traffic congestion could be eased if the wholesale markets, the small scale manufacturing units, and the warehouses from M.A. Jinnah Road, Dhan Market and Steel Market situated in south of the Lyari are shifted to available vacant land round the Northern Bypass and the garbage recycling units in Shershah are shifted to the landfill sites.

He said that the LEW project has affected millions of people as the government has no appropriate plan to resettle the displaced families. "The government has just given Rs50,000 and a piece of land to each displaced family at far-flung areas of the city. These alternative sites have no water, roads, sewage, electricity, social amenities or easy access to job opportunities".

He strongly supported the proposed Karachi Mass Transit Project (KMT) for managing traffic congestion and urged the government and political stakeholders to take practical steps for initiating work on it.

A senior environmentalist serving in government sector, requesting anonymity, said that the expressway is passing through the congested residential areas of the city, and it would result in further environmental degradation and increase in smoke and noise pollution.

These are illegally occupied lands, and they aren't even properly built houses :crazy:

Which political party supported the squatters? ANP? I wish our country was like China...at least in terms of dealing with anything illegal.

Police comes, shoves people out of the way, demolishes everything in the path, builds the $%#%@#%@#$ highway.

ANP + PPP, and some poor people also.

District Coordination Officer (DCO) Karachi Muhammad Hussain Syed has directed the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) to start removing encroachments from northbound area of Lyari Expressway (LEW) from today (Monday) so that development work on this project could be carried out.

An operational cell has been established at DCO Camp Office for this purpose to monitor daily progress on this part of the project. In addition, officers of revenue, enforcement and katchi abadis departments have been deputed at this cell to submit a report to DCO Karachi on daily basis.

During a detailed visit to LEW on Sunday along with Executive District Officer (EDO) Revenue Roshan Ali Shaikh, officers of the city government, National Highway Authority (NHA) and Frontier Works Organisation, he inspected those places where presence of encroachments had created hurdles in the development work. He instructed to set preference for removal of encroachments so that after clearance the area could be handed over to NHA for construction of expressway.

He said the Sindh governor and chief minister had directed to initiate leftover work of LEW so that removal of encroachments could be started without any delay.

DCO Karachi also directed to clear the area for construction of Pak Colony Interchange within two days, adding that the arrangements had been made for the allocation of alternate plots and payment of Rs 50,000 to each affected person.

He said the encroachments at the edges of drains and rivers could not be allowed and added that the inquiry should be conducted for leased houses in Lyari River besides lodging FIRs against the officers issuing lease of illegal structures and persons getting such leases.

The DCO said the government would pay full amount to owners of all leased houses falling in the way of LEW.

He said that any further delay in the completion of this project would mean more national loss; therefore, work on the clearing of the area should be started from today.

Earlier, the DCO inspected the piece of land allocated for markets, showrooms, warehouses, truck stand and intercity bus stand around Northern Bypass and directed EDO revenue to ensure strict monitoring of this land so that it could be saved from encroachments.

Administrator Karachi also directed officers of master plan and revenue department to prepare layout plans for using this land.

A multi-billion-rupee road project in violence-hit Karachi has pitched competing political forces against each other to save their vote banks along Lyari River, The Express Tribune has learnt.

According to sources in the Prime Minister Secretariat, the Lyari Expressway project has been delayed by seven years and has caused a conflict between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Awami National Party (ANP). Constructing the 38-kilometer expressway, which was meant to be completed by 2004, originally cost Rs5.1 billion but is now estimated at Rs12 billion, sources said.

Areas around which construction remains halted include Mianwali Colony, Hasan Oulia, Tali Para, Qureshi Colony, Ilyas Goth and Liaquatabad. The main cause for building delays has been encroachments. While a carriageway along the Lyari River’s North bank is still facing delays, the one at the river’s South bank has reached its final stages after the administration succeeded in having the area vacated from supporters of the city’s main political party.

Sources said that other political parties, including the ruling PPP, have been pressing hard for a change in project design instead of convincing their supporters to relocate to localities offered by the government. If the government agrees to this “uneconomical” demand based on “vested interests”, it would further escalate the cost, sources said.

Sources said the issue has now been brought to members of the Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission (PMIC) and the National Highway Authority (NHA) has recently given a presentation to the PMIC on the various options. Before making a final recommendation to the prime minister, PMIC Chief Malik Amjad Ali Noon will meet Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan, the city administration and project executer the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO).
Sources said that the commission will consider three options. The first option is to stick to the original project design and have the administration vacate the areas. The second option, which is supported by the president and prime minister, is to construct the road through Organi Nullah without touching surrounding localities. The third option is to divert the expressway.

The PMIC is inclined towards the first option, sources said, as it would not only save cost but also put a stop to the ever-increasing encroachments in Karachi.

Sources said that PMIC members also reviewed the NHA’s portfolio and expressed displeasure over delays and escalating costs of its projects. Currently, NHA is working on 104 projects and its throw forward has crossed Rs600 billion due to scarcity of resources. Owing to cash problems, sources said, circular debt is in the making in the road sector. The NHA owes Rs22 billion to various departments, including Rs 6.7 billion to the FWO.

Noon is said to have instructed NHA officials to cap the project at the current level and arrange money using their own resources instead of burdening the federal budget. The government has already slashed the federal government’s development budget by Rs100 billion and brought it to Rs180 billion.

:ohno:

Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan on Friday said that funds were direly needed to complete the remaining 13 per cent work on the Lyari Expressway (LEW), adding the project cost would certainly escalate if the release of funds was further delayed.

Talking to the members of the prime minister’s inspection team who called on him at the Governor House, Dr Ebad said that the LEW was a unique project of its type in Pakistan. He said that 87 per cent work on this vital project had already been completed, while the remaining 13 per cent work was pending due to lack of funds.

He said that the LEW project was vital for Karachi and its citizens and its inordinate delay would cast an overall negative impact on other major infrastructure projects of the city.

He offered that if the federal government provides 60 per cent of the remaining funding, the provincial and city governments would provide left over 40 per cent funds.

The inspection team also visited the Lyari Expressway Rehabilitation Programme and expressed satisfaction over its pace.

Federal Communications Minister Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil has said that the construction work on Lyari Expressway would start soon as the government wanted timely completion of all highway projects in Sindh.

After a high-level meeting here on Tuesday, presided over by Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, the minister said that on the special instructions of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, he often made exclusive visits of Karachi and interior Sindh to personally monitor the progress on those projects, so that they should be completed in accordance with international standards.

The District Coordination Officer (DCO) Karachi Muhammad Hussain Syed said on Wednesday that despite consuming a staggering amount of Rs 13 billion Lyari Expressway project is yet unfruitful.

He expressed these views on his visit to Lyari Expressway. He said if the federal government releases allocated annual development funds immediately, the city government would commence work on priority basis in order to complete the remaining portion of the project. He said that the Sindh governor had instructed him for the resumption of work at Lyari expressway soon.

District Coordination Officer Karachi Muhammad Hussain Syed has said that work on Manghopir Interchange of Lyari Expressway will begin in a week. City Government will arrange bridge financing for this project and the affectees will get alternate plots of land under encroachment package.

He expressed these views while addressing a meeting in Civic Center which was attended by Addl. EDO Revenue Matanat Ali Khan, EDO Transport & Communication Atique Baig, Salman Faridi and representative of National Highway Authority.

DCO Karachi on this occasion directed to complete the field work within a week and call the steering committee meeting in three days.

In a briefing to DCO on Lyari Expressway it was informed that the 33 km long project which stretched between Mauripur to Sohrab Goth was started in 2002 and 30 thousand affectees had so far been shifted to alternate locations.

The 17 km long South Bond has been completed and the 5 and half km of North Bond was still to be done.

Work on this project had been stopped owing to the unavailability of funds, however it is now being resumed. 40 houses would be affected in this phase of project and the families residing in these houses will get alternate plots of land in Taiser Town with Rs50,000 for construction of their houses on these plots.

Building projects: Senate body probes why Lyari Expressway project overshot 2007 deadline

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The project kicked off in 2002 and was meant to be completed by 2007 at an estimated Rs21 billion.

Lyari Expressway officials claim that the stagnation of the expressway’s project came down to the Sindh government’s “lethargic attitude” while the communication standing committee bashed the builders for using “substandard materials” on roads.

On Thursday, the Senate standing committee on communication met with Senator Wali Muhammad Badini at the National Highway Authority (NHA) office to discuss the project that is meant to connect Mauripur Road to the Super Highway.

The project’s general manger, Tufail Ahmed Shaikh, alleged that the people living on Lyari River’s north bank were not willing to evacuate from their homes as the government has not given them new plots or any compensation. “Our role is to do with the construction of the expressway,” he said. “It is the Sindh government’s responsibility to allot the land and to convince people to evacuate the area spread over approximately 5.3 kilometres.”

The GM told the gathering that 16 kilometres of the road – south from Mauripur to Sohrab Goth – has been completed. Now, heavy traffic has been diverted from the inner city areas of Karachi to the Super Highway, easing the traffic on the roads. “The vehicles coming from Sohrab Goth can easily reach Mauripur within minutes,” he said with pride. “If the north-bound section of the expressway is completed, it will really bring a drastic change in traffic congestion.” Six kilometres of the north section has been completed, the rest of the work however, has been stalled by encroachments.

The project kicked off in 2002 and was meant to be completed by 2007 at an estimated Rs21 billion, explained Shaikh. The federal government is meant to contribute Rs12 billion while Sindh must make up the rest – Rs9 billion, including the price of resettling the people affected by the project.

Plots in Hawkes Bay, Baldia and Taiser Town were set aside for these people. “The remaining part of the project will cost us around Rs3.25 billion.

Meanwhile, the Sindh government has to spend Rs4.5 billion for the re-settlement of the people,” he said. He claimed that the project officials have approached the Sindh government many times, only to be told that there are no funds.

For his part, committee chairman Wali Muhammad Badini made it clear that unnecessary delays will not be tolerated. Later, the committee decided to visit the Lyari Expressway site before meeting with Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan.

“We will try to meet the governor and government representatives to speed up the work on the project,” he said.

As far as funds and delays go, the officials blamed the federal government for also delaying the release of the budget. “There are around 13 mega projects of roads, but work has been delayed because of the release funds,” he said.

The committee, however, had its own complaints and expressed its dissatisfaction with the construction of the Larkana-Khairpur Road and the substandard material used to build the bridge linking cities on the River Indus.

The chairman, who is with the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, told Federal Communication Minister Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil to take action against the contractors and officials involved with the project. “I am really worried about the pathetic condition of the road and bridge which was inaugurated about two and a half years ago,” he said.

The federal minister, in turn, pegged the delay and shortage of funds on the recent floods. However he said that the government is now directing its attention to construction projects. He assured the meeting that, not only the Lyari Expressway, but all ongoing NHA construction projects across the province would be completed with international standard quality.

“We have released around Rs2 billion,” he said. “I assure you that these projects will be completed by March next year.” Moving on to other endeavours, the minister said that the government was planning to upgrade the Karachi and Hyderabad Super Highway and convert it into a motorway within 15 months. “Two Malaysian companies are willing to invest on the project,” he said. The project’s contract would be awarded by the end of this year, he added. “Around 21,000 vehicles travel on the Super Highway daily, of which 60% are heavy vehicles.”

Rs.12.2bn Lyari Express Way to be completed in over two years: Minister

Federal Minister for Communications Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil on Friday said that Lyari Express Way (LEW), costing Rs 12.2 billion will be completed within the next two-and-a- half years which will minimize traffic load in Karachi.

The Minister told this while talking to media after his visit to the LEW along with the Chairman and members of the Senate's Standing Committee on Communications.

The Chairman of Senate body, Senator Wali Muhammad Badeni, its other members, Federal Secretary Communications Anwar Ahmad Khan, Member Construction NHA Aurangzeb Khan, DIG Motorway Police Waliullah Dal and other high officials were also present on the occasion.

Briefing the Federal Minister and members of the Senate Standing Committee, GM LEW Tufail Ahmad Sheikh said that work on the project is underway at full pace and all out efforts are being to ensure timely completion.

On this occasion, an FWO representative also gave a thorough briefing on the project.

He said that the LEW will minimize traffic load on Karachi and it will run smoothly round the clock. It will have four interchanges from which link roads will be connected to the adjoining areas.

He told that a 4 kilometres service road near Mirza Adam Khan is also a part of this project.

Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan said that because of its central location, the Expressway is very important for Karachi and with its completion, a longstanding demand of the people will be fulfilled.

Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan said that now this road is being used by 80 per cent of the traffic.

The Minister said that he had a detailed visit of Karachi and Sindh last week, on the instructions of President Asif Ali Zardari to review progress on all NHA projects in the province.

He informed that he had instructed the contractors to strictly follow international standards and complete the projects within stipulated time.

Arbab Alamgir Khan assured the members of the Standing Committee that the present democratic government wants to fulfil all its promises and expressed his resolve that the NHA projects will surely be completed in-time.

The Minister also said that despite shortage of funds, record development works have been done under Communications and delay in some of the projects has been caused due to recent floods in the country and shortage of funds.

The Chairman and members of the Standing Committee expressed their satisfaction over the progress of the project and urged early completion of the under-construction portions of Lyari Express Way.

Lyari Expressway: ‘Remaining portion to be completed’

Commissioner Karachi Roshan Ali Sheikh has said that the government has decided to complete the remaining portions of Lyari Expressway.

This he said while presiding over a meeting in respect of Lyari Expressway at his office, a handout issued here Sunday said.

He said that the people will get benefit of the Lyari Expressway project after completion of pending work as they will have direct link to the main business and commercial areas of the metropolis. He said that traffic rush will also be reduced on other roads after functioning of the project.