ISLAMABAD:
Around 90 per cent of the development work on Sector I-16 has been completed and the plot owners have started construction of their houses in the area. Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairperson Imtiaz Inayat Elahi said this to a parliamentary panel here on Thursday.
Members of the National Assembly Senate Standing Committee on Government Assurances, headed by Senator Kalsoom, were briefed by Elahi and relevant officials about the progress on the new sector during an inspection visit.
The CDA chairperson informed the committee members that the remaining development work on road infrastructure, sewerage and other allied facilities is in progress and will be completed within six months. He said that water lines within the sector have been laid, while work on the supply of water is remaining. He said that three new tube wells will be installed in the sector in addition to sourcing water from Khanpur Dam.
Elahi said that CDA is focusing on the development of the stalled sectors in addition to launching new housing projects to overcome the shortfall of residential units in Islamabad. He said the civic authority has revised its developmental priorities and is now focusing on the basic issues of the residents.
CDA Member Engineering Syed Ibrar Hussain Shah, CDA Member Estate Khalid Mehmood Mirza, and other senior officials of the civic agency, Islamabad Electric Supply Company and Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited also briefed the committee members.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2011.
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Sir i had invested in I-16 Federal employees housing scheme, through which flats were to be made and handed over to us. My mother had infact applied for it. Since 2008 no news has come. can i know any update on the subj.