CM orders start of work on Model Town by March

Mahmood directs implementation of Peshawar Traffic Management Plan within one week

PESHAWAR:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has ordered authorities to begin work on the newly proposed bus terminal in Peshawar and ground breaking of the Peshawar Model Town by March next year.

He also directed authorities concerned to make progress on the Peshawar Revival Plan and implement the Cities Improvement Project.

CM Mehmood was chairing a meeting to review the Peshawar Revival Plan and other projects of the provincial capital including a new bus terminal.

The proposed bus terminal would be established on 300 acres of land on the outskirts of Peshawar with facilities including parking, shops, cafeteria, waiting rooms, washrooms, workshops, service station, filling stations, mosque and others.

After the completion of the bus terminal, all types of bus stands operating inside the city will be shifted to the new terminal. The bus terminal would be directly linked to BRT corridor.

Peshawar Model Town would consist of 106,000 acres of land having 17 residential zones out of the total 23 zones which will consist of 82,000 residential plots.

Mahmood also directed the relevant authorities to submit an action plan to implement the Traffic Management Plan of Peshawar, ordering the completion of the remaining portion of ring road from Warsak Road to Nasir Bagh by August next year.

The meeting was informed that under the Peshawar Revival Plan more than 1,100 shop boards have been standardised, 745 illegal structures have been demolished, 1,500 temporary cabins and sign boards have been removed, 464 kanal of illegally occupied government land evacuated whereas wall chalking of approximately 6,000 metres has been removed.

Apart from the aforementioned measures 3,700 kilogrammes of polythene bags have been confiscated and destroyed.

Hayatabad and the University Town areas have been made free of polythene bags.

The provincial chief executive directed the authorities concerned to focus their attention on the beautification scheme of the city and to give specific attention to all the entry points of the city.

He stressed the need for effective measures to tackle the issues of environmental pollution due to marble factories on Warsak road and directed the concerned authorities to work on a plan to shift these factories to another suitable place out of the city so that the issue is resolved on permanent basis.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, December 28^th, 2020.