Tag: Kalma

‘Revolutionary’ BRTS hindering traffic flow

Construction work on the Metro Bus and the Kalma Chowk underpass is leading to massive traffic jams from Shahdara Morr to Azadi Chowk due...

Kalma Chowk closed for traffic

Kalma Chowk was closed for all traffic on Tuesday for the construction of two underpasses and Metro Bus corridor, a private TV channel reported....

Kalma Chowk Underpass gets CM’s approval

A high-level meeting was held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif regarding Kalma Chowk Underpass Project during which the...

Where is the drain at Kalma Chowk?

Torrential rain that hit the city on Tuesday caused massive accumulation of water around the Kalma Chowk Flyover, as the mega structure lacks a...

Kalma Chowk Flyover gets thumbs up

Citizens are pleased over Kalma Chowk Flyover’s construction, a survey conducted by Pakistan Today has revealed. “My life has become easier after the completion of...

New generation Kalma Chowk monument makes debut today

As the Kalma Chowk flyover is being inaugurated today (Sunday), the prestigious Kalma Chowk monument is returning with a twin, as two miniature sized...

Kalma Chowk flyover to complete on August 14, says CM

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said that the Kalma Chowk flyovers shall be completed in record time by August 14 and the earth-breaking...

Kalma Chowk gets chunk of roadworks funding

The Kalma Chowk topped the budgetary allocation for road development projects in the city, as the Punjab government earmarked Rs 1.603 billion out of...

Goodbye, Kalma Chowk!

Kalma Chowk, which has symbolised modern Lahore since the mid 1980s, was dismantled on Sunday to pave the way for the Kalma Chowk Flyover,...

Storm brewing over Kalma Chowk flyover

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...

Constables eating Kalma Chowk construction dust

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

Public turns down Kalma Chowk Interchange project

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

Controversies fly over Kalma Chowk Flyover

The Kalma Chowk Interchange has become another controversial project for several urban planners, architects and environmentalists after the Canal Road widening project after it...

Kalma Chowk EIA to be presented today

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 inspects Kalma Chowk flyover site

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

Easing Kalma Chowk traffic congestion – Punjab to get its first-ever...

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

Kalma Chowk flyover gets go-ahead

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