LAHORE
STAFF REPORT
Qainchi Signal Free Junction will increase the beauty of the city as well as play an important role in the economic development of the provincial capital, said Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday while inaugurating the junction which has been completed within 170 days.
Completion of this project at the busiest point of Ferozepur Road will benefit more than two hundred thousand vehicles daily while two billion rupees of fuel could be saved annually. Lahore Development Authority Chairman Ahad Cheema gave a briefing to the CM regarding the project.
Shahbaz said that completion of 20 mega projects in Lahore within a few years is unprecedented. He said that construction and expansion project of Multan Road has been completed while execution of Lahore-Kasur Road and Thokar Niaz baig Flyover projects have facilitated the masses. He congratulated the people on completion of project within a record period and said that he dedicates the junction to the masses. He said that this project will put an end to the traffic problems. He said that it is a development project against which long march and sit-ins are being conducted. He said that the projects of the government are aimed at progress and prosperity of the citizens.
The CM said that August 14 is the day of independence of Pakistan which is commemorated to pay tribute to those who rendered sacrifices for the creation of Pakistan. He said that the Pakistani nation will not allow anyone to waste these sacrifices.