Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Thursday inaugurated the Kashmir Underpass built at a cost of Rs 1.45 billion to ease traffic congestion in the capital city.
PM inaugurates Kashmir Underpass to ease traffic congestion in capital
ISLAMABAD, Nov 05 (APP):Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Thursday inaugurated the Kashmir Underpass built at a cost of Rs 1.45 billion to ease traffic congestion in the capital city.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, he congratulated Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Chairman Capital Development Authority and his team and contractor of the project for completing the 500 meter underpass with lightning speed by working day and night. He said the underpass has a four kilometer road network around it, two monuments were also built at the site and thousands of new trees were planted and the entire project was completed in just 27 days.
The underpass will solve the traffic problem in this area, he said adding next year, Pakistan will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference in the capital and smooth flow of traffic will facilitate the event.
He appreciated the efforts to beautify Islamabad and said similar efforts will be replicated in other areas of Pakistan to improve infrastructure.
He said the team which completed the Kashmir underpass project showed that it was ready to undertake preparations for the SCO conference in Islamabad next year.
He highlighted the fact that the project was completed with full transparency and according to the government procurement rules at a cost of Rs 1.45 billion which was 2.5 percent less than the estimated cost.
He prayed that may Allah Almighty grant everyone the strength and courage to serve Pakistan with unity to make it a strong country among the comity of nations.
