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:

Groundbreaking ceremony of Indus Highway dual carriage project from Jamshoro to Sehwan

HYDERABAD - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah unveiled 133 km Indus Highway (N-55) dual carriage project from Jamshoro to Sehwan on Tuesday.

The project is planned to be completed in two phases. First from Jamshoro to Manjhand and second from Manjhad to Sehwan, Murad Ali Shah was informed and added that tenders have also been invited for second phase of the project and the work would be started after completion of required formalities in January 2018.

Ground breaking ceremony was arranged near Cadet College Petaro which was converted into a public meeting. Chief Minister also informed that single carriage Indus Highway from Jamshoro to Sehwan was inaugurated by the former Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto some 20 years back, however due to increase in traffic, the construction of dual carriage become necessary to overcome losses of precious lives as a result of accidents.

The project would not only facilitate the residents of Jamshoro district but it will benefit entire Pakistan. The incumbent Sindh government is taking keen interest to develop the backward areas of Jamshoro by initiating several development projects including solar energy water supply schemes.

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.