Bilawal inaugurates Zia Moheyddin flyover at Johar Chowrangi
Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday inaugurated the Zia Moheyddin Flyover constructed by the Sindh Local Government Department at Johar Chowarngi to resolve perennial traffic logjams in the area.
Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Local Government Minister Nasir Shah, Information Minister Sharjeel Memon, Social Welfare Minister Shahla Raza and others attended the inauguration ceremony.
While briefing the PPP chairman, Nasir Shah said that the project to build the flyover and an underpass at the Johar Chowrangi intersection has been launched at a cost of Rs2.14 billion. Work on the flyover has been completed while the underpass is still under construction, he added.
The length of the flyover is 461 meters while its width is 18.2 metres. The length of the bridge is 226 meters on which double arm poles with LED lights have been installed.
PPP Chairman Bilawal urged the local government minister to speed up work on the underpass so that it could be completed at the earliest. He congratulated the people of Gulistan-e-Jauhar on the flyover's inauguration.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 24th, 2023.