The mega project of Margalla Avenue was going at a snail’s pace due to the slackness of higher officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). The CDA initiated the project as a by-pass road to facilitate the vehicular traffic coming from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the federal capital and to decrease the pressure of traffic on Kashmir Highway, but there seemed no chance of an in-time completion of the project. The project started in June 2012 and was to be complete in June 2013 at an estimated cost of Rs 588 million. However, despite the passage of eight months, only15 percent work on the development project had been completed so far due to the lack of interest of CDA bodies and contractors. Development work on only five kilometres of the nine kilometres road was in progress as graveyards and residential areas were present in the remaining portion of the project. Keeping in view the circumstances, National Highway Authority (NHA) submitted an application for new allotment to planning wing, but it failed to issue allotment which resulted in disruption of the development project. The former chairman approved the construction of a service road near Sector D-12 but those affected had moved the court, causing suspension of development work on the project. The citizens demanded CDA chairman to accelerate the construction work for the in-time completion of the project.
