Tag: Chowk

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif visited Bhatta Chowk on Sunday and announced that the project would soon be inaugurated formally.He said the project...

The controversy-ridden Kalma Chowk flyover is again in the eye of the storm after Punjab’s Planning and Development Board (P&D) proposed stopping its construction...

Construction at Kalma Chowk and Garden Town Main Boulevard is posing health hazards to the traffic wardens and constables deployed in the dusty area,...

The controversial Kalma Chowk Interchange project was collectively turned down by the civil society in a public hearing on Friday, while the people associated...

Public hearing of the EIA for the Kalma Chowk project will be held at the Alhamra Cultural Complex off Ferozepur Road today (Friday) at...

CTO Syed Ahmed Mubeen, on Tuesday, visited the Kalma Chowk flyover construction site. The CTO directed the wardens and circle supervisors to provide timely...

LAHORE - The Kalma Chowk flyover is all set to become Punjab's first ever 'split flyover' (two separated 3-lane bridges) along Ferozepur Road with six-lane underpasses along the Barkat Market and the Liberty main boulevards. The project is scheduled for completion by August 14. The flyover project suffered a provincial stay order on March 28 when the Lahore High Court (LHC) restrained the government from executing the project after a petition was filed, objecting to the flyover's

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Monday allowed the Punjab government to continue construction of the Kalma Chowk flyover terming it in the public interest. The bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial was hearing petitions filed by the Lahore Conservation Society and others. The bench observed that no environmental problems will arise from continuing the project due to which the construction should continue in the public interest.
The bench directed the

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to complete the Bhatta Chowk Extension Project until May 10 for ensuring smooth traffic flow.
Shahbaz visited the site of the Bhatta Chowk Extension Project and reviewed the pace of implementation of the Aashiyana Housing Scheme at Saroba Atari. The Punjab CM said that the Aashiyana Housing Scheme is an excellent project under which modern residential facilities will be available to the

LAHORE - Commuters using Ferozepur Road on a daily basis are facing numerous problems owing to the diversions created for the construction of the Kalma Chowk flyover, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The road has been barricaded while one of its sides has been blocked completely, which starts from Qaddafi Stadium to Kalma Chowk. According to Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency (TEPA) figures, Ferozepur Road used to accommodate more than 0.25 million vehicles daily. All

LAHORE - A full dress traffic diversion rehearsal was conducted on Ferozepur Road on Monday to plan the traffic routes during the construction of Kalma Chowk flyover. The Ferozepur Road patch towards Kalma Chowk was blocked for rehearsals to plan traffic diversion during the Kamla Chowk flyover construction. Lahore Commissioner Nadeem Hasan Asif, Project Director Sabir Khan Durrani, CMW Chief Engineer Munawwar Shabir, Chief Traffic Officer Ahmad Mobin, SP Head Quarter Traffic Sohail

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry dismissed a writ petition on Monday challenging the construction of a flyover bridge at Kalma Chowk on Ferozepur Road. The petition was filed by Lahore Conservation Society President Kamil Khan Mumtaz, Shajar Dost Convenor Col (r) Ejaz Nazim, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Pakistan Director General Ali Habib and Concerned Citizens of Pakistan Chairwoman Justice (r) Nasira Iqbal. Dismissing the petition Justice Chaudhry

LAHORE - The Punjab government and Bhatta Chowk traders have locked horns over the compensation money and the issue is about to turn violent, as the victims staged a protest on Saturday, the fourth in a row at Bhatta Chowk. The protests are likely to intensify, as traders have threatened to storm the Punjab Assembly, CM's Secretariat and the Governor's House if their demands to raise the compensation amount up to Rs 2 million per marla remain unfulfilled. A six-hour protest was held

LAHORE - In a bid to provide better transport facilities to the citizens and to keep the traffic flow smooth, it has been decided to construct a flyover and underpasses at Kalma Chowk. This project will be launched within next 10 days and the Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will lay its foundation stone. A decision in this regard was taken at a high level meeting chaired by Punjab CM on Saturday.
The meeting was attended by Planning & Development chairman,

LAHORE - Hundreds of land owners at the Bhatta Chowk on Saturday protested against the government-proposed compensation money for land evacuation, terming it low. The protestors piled up at the chowk, held up placards and banners and chanted slogans to rationalize the land price. The protestors have tea stalls, eateries, hotels and plazas at stake as the government has decided for Bhatta Chowk widening.
They warned the government of hunger strike and sit-ins if the government

LAHORE - The Bhatta Chowk expansion plan is likely to land in the eye of the storm over acquisition issue as Punjab government has released Rs 1.15 billion regarding compensation money but shop owners are reluctant to sell their properties and want the deal negotiable on their own terms and condition.
The government has issued the notices to more than 200 shops, hotels and plazas running their business at Bhatta Chowk. According to the notice, under major Infrastructure

LAHORE - Three citizens Rizwan, Usman and Zeeshan were beaten up by traffic wardens at Bhati Gate Chowk on Sunday. Subsequently, the wardens registered an FIR against them in the Bhati Gate police station.
The wardens alleged that Rizwan got into a physical quarrel with traffic warden, Sanaullah, after violating one-way regulations and hitting the warden with his car in the Bhati Chowk area. Sources, however, contended that Rizwan was beaten up by wardens and was injured badly