ISLAMABAD
In the absence of an elected local government, Supreme Court observed on Wednesday that the execution of a signal free corridor between Qurtaba Chowk on Jail Road, and Liberty Roundabout on Gulberg’s Main Boulevard by the Lahore Development Authority is valid.
The short order asked the LDA to ensure provision of additional facilities like road crossings, while also setting aside action sought by the Lahore High Court against some LDA officials and expunged the remarks about LDA’s counsel Khwaja Haris.
Wednesday’s short order stated that in the absence of elected local governments, the provincial government had been looking after their respective functions through its various agencies.
It stated that the project had been conceived by the LDA in 2014 and funds were allocated for the purpose in the authority’s budget for 2014-15.
It further said the contract for the construction of the corridor was awarded on February 19, 2015 and added that Rs60 million spent on construction before the LHC’s interim order was issued on March 6, 2015.