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Completion Date: June 2006


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RAWALPINDI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will run the first test flight to the under-construction New Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Fatehjang to check its runway on Thursday (today).

“The construction of two runways have been completed; however, the remaining work is in progress and likely to complete by end of June 2013,” said Air Marshal (retired) Khalid Chaudhry, the director general of CAA, while talking to Dawn on Wednesday.

Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar, Secretary Defence Nargis Sethi and other senior officials will be on board the first flight from Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad.

Mr Chaudhry said a small plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) would make the first flight to the new airport. “We have completed the construction of the runways, taxi apron, VIP apron and other related facilities,” he said.

The new airport will have bigger halls as compared to Jinnah and Allama Iqbal terminals in Karachi and Lahore and will handle 6.5 million passengers annually.

“This airport will be a modern landmark structure representing the 21st century Pakistan, as it will be the diplomatic and business gateway to Pakistan through the capital city of Islamabad,” the official said.

The construction of the airport costing over Rs60 billion was started in April, 2007. Former President Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz laid the foundation of the airport spreading over 3,200 acres near Fatehjang, 30 kilometres from Islamabad. The PPP-led government renamed it as New Benazir Bhutto International Airport in 2008.

The project was to be completed by 2010; however, it remained plagued with problems of water, land acquisition and transportation. The CAA director general admitted that the construction work remained slow in the past. The contract of terminal construction was awarded in May last year and it would be completed in 2013.

When his attention was drawn towards the water problem in the area, he said the CAA would get water from Shahpur Dam as Punjab government had agreed to the proposal.”Two million gallons of water is enough for the runway requirement but the CAA needs more water for the terminal, adjoining facilities and residential areas around the airport.”

He said the CAA was also considering building small dams in the area with the help of the Punjab government. He said the CAA would provide finances and the provincial government would construct the dams in its jurisdiction as CAA.

The CAA chief also said residential quarters would be constructed for the airport staff and officers as shuttle service from twin cities would be costly.
 
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CDA seeks loan for LED project

* Official says authority to take loan from federal government to pay its part of Rs 1.6 billion

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) plans to acquire a loan for execution of the long-pending Light Emitting Diodes (LED) project to replace the existing streetlights system for energy saving purposes. Rs 6.5 billion are needed for the implementation of the LED lights project.

The official said the Authority is planning to launch the project by taking a Cash Development Loan (CDL) after consulting the Ministry of Finance.

A firm named Oslo has shown interest in providing loan amounting to Rs 4.9 billion to CDA to launch the project, while the authority would take another loan from the federal government to pay its part of Rs 1.6 billion, the official said.

In a recently held CDA board meeting, a three-member committee headed by Planning Member, has been asked to compile, once again, a detailed report on the project and present it to the board in the upcoming meeting.

The official said CDA is exploring the options to conserve electricity and decrease the huge cost incurred on operating streetlights in the federal capital.

Replacement of the existing conventional lights with LED lights would save 52 percent of the Authoritie’s energy requirements, which will reduce a load of 8.32 MW on the national grid. Earlier, the CDA chairman, engineer Farkhand Iqbal said that the current energy shortage in the country either increasing the energy production or reduce consumption.

CDA is managing around 65,000 conventional streetlights in Islamabad, adding a load of 16MW on the national grid and incurring an annual expense of over Rs 1.2 billion, which is growing every year.

Iqbal said that as per figures, electricity cost has increased by 29 percent over the last three years and the trend is expected to continue.

The chairman has said that the life of proposed LED lights is more than 20 years and the project, if implemented, will reduce by 52 percent the Authority’s energy requirement every year, which will reduce a load of 8.32MW on the national grid and will save about 42,263MW per annum. The electricity savings and savings from repairs and maintenance on existing lighting infrastructure, of first 10 years will be used to repay the investment. app
 
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Work on Kurri housing scheme begins

The ministry of housing has launched construction work on its housing scheme in Kurri after it got vacated a stay order that was issued on the first day of its inauguration.

“The stay order has been vacated and we have started construction work from today,” Secretary Ministry of Housing Kamran Lashari told Dawn on Thursday.

The housing scheme for government employees in grade 20-22 was launched by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on February 9 but on the same day a government servant obtained the stay order from Islamabad High Court barring the ministry from initiating infrastructure work on the scheme.

“We have started construction of the outer wall of the scheme and will be trying to complete the project within the stipulated time,” the secretary said. He said under the scheme, 650 housing units would be constructed and given to the government employees on ownership basis.

“The scheme envisages provision of houses to the federal government officers from grade 20 and above on their retirement which is first of its kind all over the country,” he said.

The scheme, he added, was on the lines of Pakistan Army Welfare Directorate Scheme for the officers of Federally Constituted Occupational Groups (20-22) as well as civilian officers of Inter Services Intelligence, Intelligence Bureau, National Assembly, Senate Secretariat and Supreme Court of Pakistan.

The Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) acquired 90.8 acres of land from Capital Development Authority (CDA) to construct the housing units for the federal government officers.
 
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One Constitution Avenue 25X2 (Grand Hyatt)

Work in Full Swing. Heavy Machinery now arrived at Site. Lot of Activity on site. There were also parts of Dismantled crane, near 2nd tower.
:cheers: for Isloo.



Construction pics 22-03-12




















From Diplomatic Enclave.



Road in Front of Site





Can we Have a New Separate thread for this .
 
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