TYPSA reveals the Preliminary design of Lahore Twin Tower project

After Karachi and Islamabad, Lahore will also get its very own Twin Tower in the Central Business District of the city.

Well renowned engineering company TYPSA as been hired to design and handle the project.

Location: Twin Tower will be built in Gulberg area at the intersection of Jail road and College road which is the prime location of Lahore.

Features

Twin tower will be 300 ft tall structure and will have 25 floors above ground and 4 basements. It will be a mixed-use building. Features are as follows:

• Commercial Center
• Offices
• Shopping Mall
• Apartments
• Playland
• Cinema
• Swimming Pool
• Five star hotel
• Roof top restaurant
• Food Court

Orange Line Central Station will be Asia's largest Intra-city Metro underground station

Lord Mayor of Lahore Colonel (retd) Mubashir Javed visited GPO chowk, Mall road on 3rd January to examine the construction going on of Orange line metro train.

Orange line metro train track length is 27.12 km out of which 25.4 km is elevated while remaining 1.72 will be made underground by making cut and cover.

Supreme Court had put stay order against construction within 200 ft of 11 different historical sites given the reservations of civil societies some 22 months ago. But since the stay order has been lifted, work on all these sites including GPO chowk has started with full swing.

One of the two underground stations, Central station will also be built at GPO chowk which is the most critical part of the project since it is situated at one of the busiest places of Lahore, the heart of city and downtown, Mall road. While talking to media, Colonel (retd) Mubashir Javed revealed that Central station will be Asia's largest Intra-city Metro underground station covering a huge area of 10,000 square meters.

Traffic Diversion Plan for GPO chowk

In order to complete project on time and speed up the work, city traffic police has closed this intersection for 3 months from 1st January. Traffic diversion plans have also been setup to avoid traffic jams and choas.

• Traffic coming from Chairing Cross and Assembly hall and willing to go towards Lower Mall will have to take left turn at State Bank chowk towards Fane road. Then from Mozang Adda chowk, traffic will take turn towards right and go to Lower Mall road via AG office and Jain Mandir.
• Traffic coming from Data darbar, Town hall and Anarkali, and willing to go towards Chairing Cross will be diverted towards Napier road via Neela Gumbad. Then it can come on Mall road via Highcourt chowk.

Imamia Colony Shahdara railway crossing to finally get a flyover

LAHORE: Finally a sigh of relief for the residents of Lahore and Shahdara as federal government has decided to construct a flyover over the railway crossing at Imamia colony, Shahdara.

According to sources, Project is being funded and sponored by federal government. Flyover will be of three lanes on both sides and will be connected later to proposed expressway project in future.

PC-1 of this project was decided to be submitted in the 290th session of National Highway Authority (NHA). Session directed to submit PC-1 of Rs. 2 billion and 4.7 million. It will be sent to Central Development Working Party (CDWP) for approval. Preparation of PC-1 will take approx one month.

Something about Proposed expressway from Shahdara Mor to Rachna town

The elevated expressway from Shahdara to Rachna Town will be consisted of 8 lanes, 6 of those will be reserved for general traffic while remaining 2 will be for the metro bus line as an extension of Green line. Out of 6 km expressway, 4.5 km part would be elevated (above ground), while remaining 1.5 km would be at-grade (on ground). An interchange will also be built at Shahdara Mor making it a signal free intersection.

Newly revamped Labor Room at Lahore General Hospital is ready for inauguration (PHOTOS)

Newly revamped Labor Room at Lahore General Hospital is finally ready for inauguration.

Over the last six months, Lahore General Hospital has been able to notably contribute to a better healthcare delivery system.

Recently, we saw the addition of a hundred beds to Pakistan Institute of Neuro Sciences (PINS) - the total bed capacity now is 500; Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery and low cost Prostate Treatment, free Goitre Treatment and a modern technique to remove kidney stones without operation were all introduced at Lahore General Hospital. Not only that, 40 bedded Orthopedic Unit - II was also recently inaugurated at the hospital.

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Safe Cities Project will be inaugurated today by the CM Punjab Shehbaz Sharif

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif to shortly inaugurate the fully operational Safe City Project of Lahore. Through this project, government shall not only be able to give safe and secure cities to our succeeding generations but also facilitate the movement of citizens.

Improvement in law and order situation will have positive impact on business, economy and trade outputs as well.

Among the federating units, Punjab is the first province that has launched the Safe Cities Project. Given its overall benefit, the government is extending the project to six other major cities of Punjab, namely Multan, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Gujranwala and Faisalabad.

The Safe City Project is focused on ensuring security and quality of life in cities through the use of technology, infrastructure, personnel and processes.

Punjab Police Integrated Command Control & Communication Center (PPIC3) includes:

1. 8,000 CCTV cameras
2. E-challan & Red Light Monitoring System
3. Automatic Number Plate Recognition System
4. 600+ police communication officers

Check out the latest pictures of this setup:

Speedo Bus FR-12 route changed for an indefinite period of time

Punjab MetroBus Authority (PMA) and Daewoo has temporarily changed the route plan of FR-12 which travels from RA bazar to Civil Secretariat. This decision has been taken after the construction of remaining underground portion Orange line has started on GPO chowk, Mall road.

Orange Line metro train is supposed to pass though the busy intersection of GPO chowk, Mall road. It will be a portion of underground section which also includes Central Station of Orange line. Work on this portion was not yet started as Supreme court had put a stay order some 22 months ago. Now when court has removed the stay order, construction on this portion has started with full swing.

To speed up the work and timely completion of this project, city traffic police has closed GPO chowk for three months which has resulted in traffic chaos and huge traffic jam in this region. Also affecting the operation of Speedo Bus Service FR-12 which is one of the busiest routes of the city.

According to speedo bus attendants, FR-12 whose routine route was from RA bazar to Civil Secretariat, instead of keep going on Mall road will now take turn at Alhamra hall signal near Lahore Zoo, going all the way to Railway station. According to attendants, this route change is temporary and will be back to routine route as soon as GPO chowk is cleared.

Routine route: RA bazar, PAF market, Girja chowk, Fortress stadium, Canal bridge, Lahore Zoo, Chairing Cross, Regal chowk, Anarkali, PMG chowk, Civil Secretariat.

Changed route: RA bazar, PAF market, Girja chowk, Fortress stadium, Canal bridge, Lahore Zoo, Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Shimla pahari, Empress road, Railway station.

How to travel from RA bazar to Civil Secretariat and vice versa

As we have already mentioned that FR-12 is one of the busiest route of the city as it is passing through the major commercial and downtown areas of the city. Most of the government offices and famous educational institutions are situated along this route. Therefore a huge chunk of people will be affected with this route change decision. But still there are other ways people can commute between these points:

To Travel from RA bazar to Regal chowk, Anarkali and Secretariat: Take FR-12 from RA bazar and make stop at Lahore zoo. Then take four stroke rickshaw which will charge you Rs. 20 to go further towards Anarkali and Civil Secretariat. Same method if you are travelling from Secretariat to RA bazar.

To travel from RA bazar to Secratariat: Take FR-15 from RA bazar which will drop you at Civil Secretariat. It goes via Cavalry Ground, Gulberg and Jail road. Another option is to take FR-15 and make stop at Kalma chowk and then take metro bus to go Civil Secretariat. Same method if you are travelling vice versa.

LMC to build 6 storey motorbike parking plaza at Hall road

Lahore Metropolitian Corporation (LMC) has decided to construct a six storey parking plaza for motorbikes at Hall road, one of the busiest mobile and electronics markets of Pakistan located in the heart of Mall road, Lahore.

Parking plaza will be built over 3 kanal and 12 marla land at the cost of Rs. 60 crore (600 million). It will be built to accomodate 4000 motorbikes.

According to sources, LMC will issue tenders for consultancy in the current month. While construction will start right after the land acquisition award.

Something about Hall road:

Hall road is the Hub of Lahore's electronics, TVs, Mobiles, Computers etc. Hall road Lahore is Asia's largest market of electronics, Computers, Magnets, Electronic Components, CCTV Wire & Cables, Mobiles & accessories, DVDs, etc. It is full of retailers, and wholesalers, and is an extremely busy area due to cheap and readily available electronic imports and unlicensed DVDs.

Punjab to establish Scientist Training Complex in Lahore

LAHORE: Punjab Forensic Science Agency has decided to establish Scientist Training Complex in Lahore at the cost of Rs. 300 million.

According to sources, proposed site is at Thokar Niaz Beg. Those scientists who gets selected in Punjab Forencsic Science Agency and Punjab Food and Drug Authority will be trained here.

LDA finalizes Lahore twin tower project

LAHORE: Much awaited news for Lahoris has finally arrived as Lahore Development Authority has finalzed the construction of 29 storey twin towers on Jail road, Lahore.

As per DCiP sources, Benevolent Fund department will provide Rs. 2 billion to LDA. Land casting will be done in Rs. 1 billion and 400 million. LDA will provide Rs. 600 million to contractors and Rs. 504.7 million will be obtained through advance booking. Advance booking is expected to start after the construction of first ten floors.

Location

Twin tower will be built on a plot on Jail road next to Qurban lines beside Lahore Cantonment railway station.

Features

Twin tower will be 300 ft tall structure and will have 25 floors above ground and 4 basements. It will be a mixed-use building. Features are as follows:

• Commercial Center
• Offices
• Shopping Mall
• Apartments
• Playland
• Cinema
• Swimming Pool
• Five star hotel
• Roof top restaurant
• Food Court

Timeframes and deadlines

Pre-qualification of contractors will be completed by 15 August 2017. Tender documents will be provided to contractors in September 2017. Successful contractor will get Civil Contract Award in October 2017.

Construction of basement will be completed by 15 January 2018. First 3 floors will be completed by May 2018. 10 floors will be completed by Oct 2018. While entire 25 floors structure will be topped out in June 2019. After that interior work and cladding will start.

Walled City of Lahore Authority to preserve historical Bhati Gate

LAHORE: One of the recognizable landmarks of Lahore is finally going to receive some of the tender, loving care it deserves. The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has sprung into action and is preparing the PC-1 to conserve the Bhati Gate and 1,500 adjacent buildings.

WCLA Media Deputy Director Tania Qureshi told that detailed documentation of the entire main bazaar and some nearby streets was completed in 2016 and team has since been working on architectural designs.

The restoration and rehabilitation process would be completed on the same patterns as the one used at Delhi Gate (Royal Trail). “Two major components of the work at the Bhati Gate will be facade restoration and infrastructure development. Meanwhile, the route will be made like a trail for tourists,” she said.

“Moreover, the facade improvement will be carried out on the basis of drainage flow as it was done in the pilot project inside Delhi Gate on the Royal Trail,” Tania highlighted.

The main bazaar of Bhati Gate is home to the residence of Allama Iqbal and renowned streets such as Koocha Faqir Khana, Sheesh Mahal Ghatti, Moti Tibba, Gali Muhammad Judge Latif, Faqir Khana Museum, Mubarak Haveli, Naqsh School of Arts and Gali Molana Rohi, among others.

WCLA Director Conservation Najamus Saqib said the initiative would be another marvel restored after the Royal Trail.

“We have carried out detailed documentation on the Bhati Gate and also used it for the geographic information system. The PC -1 is now under process and will be soon sent to the Planning and Development department,” he said. “We are all set to start work on this project as soon as the PC-1 is approved as the amount has already been sanctioned,” he added. WCLA Director General Kamran Lashari said the authority planned to start simultaneous work inside different gates of the walled city.

“The Bhati Gate is one of the most important gates of the walled city of Lahore as its streets carry the story of the heroes of Pakistan,” said Tania. She added many legends of the country belonged to the area, including national poet Allama Iqbal.

“This is already a much visited tourist trail and after rehabilitation, it will become another wonder for locals and foreigners,” she said.