‘Ring Road to change city’s fate’

Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Tariq Mehmood Murtaza claims that Rawalpindi Ring Road Project will change fate of the city. He said that the long awaited project was important for Rawalpindi as it would help ease the heavy traffic load on city roads. Rawalpindi is the main city connecting the northern areas of the country's main road network, he added.

He said the authority had not only become self-sustainable but also succeeded to gain the confidence of the business community as well as the public. He said four mega projects were conceived and being executed in Rawalpindi including Rawalpindi Ring Road, and Katcheri Chowk costing Rs4.8 billion, and Defence Chowk costing Rs4 billion and Nullah Lai Expressway.

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He said Rawalpindi Ring Road project was dire need of the people of twin cities since last two decades. The project would not only address the traffic problems in the urban areas of the twin cities but also curtail the travel time and cost considerably. He said Nullah Lai passes through heavily polluted areas where garbage and untreated wastewater of the surrounding areas and 11 nullahs of the city fall in Nullah Lai, and the residents face severe environmental risks.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 21^st, 2022.