Tag: Kalma

Kalma Chowk diversion plan is all messed up

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

Kalma Chowk traffic diversion rehearsed

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

LHC dismisses plea against Kalma Chowk flyover

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

Flyover, underpasses planned at Kalma Chowk

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,

THE PRIVILEGED U TURN – Daewoo busses clog Kalma Chowk

LAHORE: After every thirty minutes a group of four Daewoo buses are seen entering and leaving its terminal located at the Ferozepur Road near the Kalma Chowk congesting the traffic on the chowk while taking U turns to commute between its terminal and the workshop located opposite to its terminal.
While entering the city from the motorway the buses turn right from the canal bank on Maulana Shaukat Ali Road towards Jinnah Hospital and joins Usmania Road and Main Boulevard Garden