The Commissioner Rawalpindi Division and Project Director Ring Road Rawalpindi Noorul Amin Mengal has inaugurated the construction work of ling awaited Ring Road Rawalpindi today at Banth being executed by the Frontier Works Organization (FWO).
On this occasion, the people living in the villages near Banth met the Commissioner Rawalpindi and thanked the Project Director Ring Road Rawalpindi for starting the work from this place.
The Commissioner Rawalpindi has directed that a fair and expeditious payment should be made for the land and practices under the scheme. He directed the Director Land RDA and Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) to submit a report on these issues on Monday.
The Commissioner Rawalpindi suggested to the FWO officials to immediately set up their camp office at Banth, so that this work could be completed as soon as possible.
On this occasion Chief Engineer RDA Dr. Habib-ul-Haq Randhawa gave a detailed presentation on Ring Road Rawalpindi project.
He said the length for this project will be 8,992 Kanals (38.3 km). The government of Punjab had approved project’s cost of Rs 33694.43 million. He said the project’s Land Acquisition cost will be Rs 6724.73 million and the project’s construction cost will be Rs 26969.70 million.
The Chief Engineer said the design speed will be 120 kph with six lanes dividing the carriageway as three-lane either way whereas five interchanges will be developed at national highway (N-5) at Baanth and crossing through Chakbeli Road, Adiala Road, Chakri Road and terminating at the motorway (M-2) at Thallian Interchange.
The Ring Road Rawalpindi would cater the traffic issues by providing an alternative bypass by connecting N-5 with M-2, he added.
RDA officers, Col. Muhammad Irfan in charge of FWO team and other officers were also present on the occasion.
