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Hi. Saw some updates coming on blue line. Couldn't find any thread so created this one. Mods if there is any, you can merge this thread with that. Thanks.
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Do we really need to have a thread before there's any concrete news on it's status? As it stands right now, it's nothing more than a proposed idea and we don't really have any indication that if it's going to be built anytime soon. Everything being reported at the moment is just rumors and hearsay.
Punjab CM announces Blue Line public transport project from Kalma Chowk to Old Airport
LAHORE: Chief Minister Parvez Elahi announced on Sunday that Punjab government will launch ‘Blue Line project’ to provide another modern travelling facility to the population of the provincial capital, besides dividing the Lahore city district into three districts to improve the service delivery.
“I am giving a news to the journalists that yesterday we decided to launch Blue Line project that will start from Model Town and end at the Old Airport, passing through Garden Town, Data Ganj Bakhsh shrine and other areas. This project will be constructed on Build Operate & Transfer (BOT) basis in funding collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on two percent infrastructure loan interest,” the chief minister explained after he laid the foundation stone of the Punjab Central Business District Development Authority’s (PCBDDA) first mega scheme -- Kalma Chowk Remodeling Project here.
“A French company, which had conducted a survey for the Blue Line, will also assist us in implementing this project. I tell you that you will see the launch of good projects in Lahore that will create jobs,” he added.
LAHORE: Chief Minister Parvez Elahi announced on Sunday that Punjab government will launch ‘Blue Line project’ to provide another modern travelling facility to the population of the provincial capital, besides dividing the Lahore city district into three districts to improve the service delivery.
“I am giving a news to the journalists that yesterday we decided to launch Blue Line project that will start from Model Town and end at the Old Airport, passing through Garden Town, Data Ganj Bakhsh shrine and other areas. This project will be constructed on Build Operate & Transfer (BOT) basis in funding collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on two percent infrastructure loan interest,” the chief minister explained after he laid the foundation stone of the Punjab Central Business District Development Authority’s (PCBDDA) first mega scheme -- Kalma Chowk Remodeling Project here.
“A French company, which had conducted a survey for the Blue Line, will also assist us in implementing this project. I tell you that you will see the launch of good projects in Lahore that will create jobs,” he added.
Is this project better than the orange line for LahorePunjab CM announces Blue Line public transport project from Kalma Chowk to Old Airport
LAHORE: Chief Minister Parvez Elahi announced on Sunday that Punjab government will launch ‘Blue Line project’ to provide another modern travelling facility to the population of the provincial capital, besides dividing the Lahore city district into three districts to improve the service delivery.
“I am giving a news to the journalists that yesterday we decided to launch Blue Line project that will start from Model Town and end at the Old Airport, passing through Garden Town, Data Ganj Bakhsh shrine and other areas. This project will be constructed on Build Operate & Transfer (BOT) basis in funding collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on two percent infrastructure loan interest,” the chief minister explained after he laid the foundation stone of the Punjab Central Business District Development Authority’s (PCBDDA) first mega scheme -- Kalma Chowk Remodeling Project here.
“A French company, which had conducted a survey for the Blue Line, will also assist us in implementing this project. I tell you that you will see the launch of good projects in Lahore that will create jobs,” he added.
The original plan was to build from Data Darbar to Wapda Town/Green Town through College Road. Why are they stopping at Kalma Chowk?
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Probably money issuesThe original plan was to build from Data Darbar to Wapda Town/Green Town through College Road. Why are they stopping at Kalma Chowk?
View attachment 4162609Lahore Metro Bus System MBS - Google My Maps
Being constructed in Lahore. This map is an estimate from available news articles.
Punjab cabinet approves underground mass transit system for city
LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet on Friday accorded approval to the underground mass transit system for Lahore and to incorporating underground blue and purple line mass transit projects in the Annual Development Programme.
Presiding over the sixth cabinet meeting at his office, Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and his cabinet colleagues offered special prayers for the martyrs of the Army Public School Peshawar attack on their eighth anniversary and paid rich tributes to their sacrifice.
Approval was also accorded to a 50 per cent decrease in the unit rates of ownership rights for landless farmers in Cholistan. These farmers and agriculture in general will greatly benefit from this step of the Punjab government. Approval was also granted to exempt ambassadors and consulates from value-added tax collection.
On the occasion, the CM stated that he did not want to ruin Lahore and introduce an underground train system. Blue Line, Purple Line and mass transit projects would be launched with the cooperation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), adding this project would be built on build-operate-transfer basis and not a single penny of the Punjab government would be spent on it.
The underground mass transit system would be built from Valencia Town to Kalma Chowk, Liberty Chowk, Data Darbar up to the airport. Eight big stations of the Orange Line train would also be developed. The cabinet also granted approval for the Planning and Development Board and the transport department to hold negotiations with the ADB for getting technical assistance and financing.
A principled decision was also taken to induct teachers on 600 vacant posts to fulfil a shortage in colleges. The cabinet also accorded approval to lift the ban on inductions into the Government College University, Faisalabad.
Approval was also accorded to provide cancer treatment facilities at the Children’s Hospital Lahore along with hospitals of Faisalabad and Gujrat, besides introducing the latest cyber knife technology and linear accelerator for cancer treatment in the hospitals of Gujrat and Faisalabad and Lahore’s Children Hospital.
The chief minister apprised the meeting that a cardiology hospital would be established in Sargodha and the number of beds in the Faisalabad cardiology hospital would be increased. The cabinet also accorded approval to establish Wohwa tehsil in the new Taunsa district and construct a 207-kilometre road from Chichawatni, Pir Mahal, Chowk Azam, Layyah up to Taunsa.
Approval was accorded to grant administrative and financial autonomy to Aitchison and Lawrence colleges under the Punjab Educational Institutional (Reconstitution) Act 2021.
Senior Provincial Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal, other provincial ministers, advisers, special assistants, the chief secretary, principal secretary to the chief minister and senior officials attended the meeting. Provincial ministers Raja Basharat, Hashim Dogar, Dr Akhtar Malik attended via video link.
Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2022
LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet on Friday accorded approval to the underground mass transit system for Lahore and to incorporating underground blue and purple line mass transit projects in the Annual Development Programme.
Presiding over the sixth cabinet meeting at his office, Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and his cabinet colleagues offered special prayers for the martyrs of the Army Public School Peshawar attack on their eighth anniversary and paid rich tributes to their sacrifice.
Approval was also accorded to a 50 per cent decrease in the unit rates of ownership rights for landless farmers in Cholistan. These farmers and agriculture in general will greatly benefit from this step of the Punjab government. Approval was also granted to exempt ambassadors and consulates from value-added tax collection.
On the occasion, the CM stated that he did not want to ruin Lahore and introduce an underground train system. Blue Line, Purple Line and mass transit projects would be launched with the cooperation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), adding this project would be built on build-operate-transfer basis and not a single penny of the Punjab government would be spent on it.
The underground mass transit system would be built from Valencia Town to Kalma Chowk, Liberty Chowk, Data Darbar up to the airport. Eight big stations of the Orange Line train would also be developed. The cabinet also granted approval for the Planning and Development Board and the transport department to hold negotiations with the ADB for getting technical assistance and financing.
A principled decision was also taken to induct teachers on 600 vacant posts to fulfil a shortage in colleges. The cabinet also accorded approval to lift the ban on inductions into the Government College University, Faisalabad.
Approval was also accorded to provide cancer treatment facilities at the Children’s Hospital Lahore along with hospitals of Faisalabad and Gujrat, besides introducing the latest cyber knife technology and linear accelerator for cancer treatment in the hospitals of Gujrat and Faisalabad and Lahore’s Children Hospital.
The chief minister apprised the meeting that a cardiology hospital would be established in Sargodha and the number of beds in the Faisalabad cardiology hospital would be increased. The cabinet also accorded approval to establish Wohwa tehsil in the new Taunsa district and construct a 207-kilometre road from Chichawatni, Pir Mahal, Chowk Azam, Layyah up to Taunsa.
Approval was accorded to grant administrative and financial autonomy to Aitchison and Lawrence colleges under the Punjab Educational Institutional (Reconstitution) Act 2021.
Senior Provincial Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal, other provincial ministers, advisers, special assistants, the chief secretary, principal secretary to the chief minister and senior officials attended the meeting. Provincial ministers Raja Basharat, Hashim Dogar, Dr Akhtar Malik attended via video link.
Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2022
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