LDA all set to get kids to play

Authority plans to develop seven playgrounds.

LAHORE:

The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) will develop seven sports grounds in the city to encourage games and healthy activities among the youngsters. 

The LDA has invited sealed tenders from a list of approved firms and contractors for provision and improvement of sports facilities at selected places.

The development of a park in Sector I-C-II Township behind the Green Town police station will be executed at a cost of Rs5.6 million. Construction of a sports hall near Ittefaq Hospital will cost Rs2.8 million and setting up of a badminton court at Farrukhabad, Shahdara, will be carried out at a cost of Rs240,000.

The LDA will also construct a cricket pavilion at Ideal Park (near Rescue-1122 bay) at Quaid-i- Azam Town with an amount of Rs4.9 million.

The construction of a boundary wall around the park near Allah Hoo Chowk, Johar Town, will be accomplished at a cost of Rs3.5 million.

A cricket pavilion and boundary wall at the park besides Mian Plaza, Johar Town, will be built at a cost of Rs9.4 million and the construction of a sports facilities in the park in front of Mian Plaza, Johar Town will cost Rs8.3 million.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 14^th, 2011.