Http://www.dawn.com/news/1169495
ISLAMABAD: The Aviation Division on Friday informed the National Assembly standing committee on planning, development and reforms that 80 per cent work on the New Islamabad Airport is complete and the facility would be operational in the last quarter of 2016.
Mr Gardezi said the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had proposed to construct an access road from Golra Chowk to the airport, passing through sector E-16, E-17 and Haji Chowk. The proposed road would be 14.5 kilometres but due to unknown reasons it was decided that Margalla Avenue would be extended to the airport. The approved road passes through a number of housing societies,” he said.
Secretary Planning and Development Division Hassan Nawaz Tarar said the Cabinet Division on February 20, 2015, had requested his ministry to include the widening of Kashmir Highway from Golra Chowk to G.T. Road in the new airport road project being executed by NHA.
“It has been decided that the widening of Kashmir Highway will be included in the airport project,” he said, adding Rs1.2 billion were required for it.
Gardezi pata nahi kaun si kaber sey murdey okher raha hey.
Akal naam ki cheez hi nahi. Banda poochey ye point uthaney ka maqsad???
E16, e17 and then golra and then airport????? Khota demagh!
On the otherhand widening of kashmir highway from golra chowk to GT road????? Does not make any sense. Is pakistani qaum ko yeh hi nahi pata key kia kehna hey....illeterate stupidss..
I personally think he meant golra chowk to motorway junction of m1 and m2 instead.
ya tou mujhey angrezi samjh nahi aati ya ye qaum akal sey pedal hey..jootiyon key laiq hey. Ghulaamm gadhey.
Sayeein bhai! just calm. Do not be panic. I know 2day's reporting in Dawn is wrong. Main issue discussed in this meeting was Water Issue. CAA is working extensively on this issue. Na st. Comm will again meet on Monday to discuss water supply for NIIA.
As far as Road network is concerned, "It Has been Resolved Now" Just game of few more days, insha-Allah. NHA will extend date for tender. As usual, a lobby of investors has launching -ive propaganda agst approval of KH, only to purchase plots at low rate. All Top/Mumtaz plot holders! Do not, Do not, Do not be panic & never sell ur plot at this stage. Allah Ta'ala khair farmaey ga, IA
Dear Ali,
Many thanks for update.I hope Allah Tala khair farmaey ga inshAllah Ameen.
Regards
Ali,
I know but I get mad when someone does not say things right.
dawm publishes something which does not make sense.
topcity eitherway has tremendous potential because of location, iA.
I am an investor and less of a trader.
TC belongs to MQM party and Moiz khan is their front man who works as CEO of TC. Does it effect on TC future due to ongoing operation against MQM. Regards
I heard same rumour as Adnan.
Can anyone confirm if true?
If so, would this have a positive effect on property prices or negative in Top City-1?
Dear Mr Kashmiri,
TOP CITY will not affect it's just rumor by dealers but Bahria Town Karachi project can be effective because it's in Sindh and MR can't even walk without MQM but it's good sign for Enclave and Phase8.Allah knows best.
Regards
@ Junaid
How conveniently you obliterated the part of this article which didn't support your biased opinions.
I hope people like you refrain from destroying the credibility of this forum by posting distorted pictures and it also goes to the other experts who just say Amen to everything without even verifying.
Posting the whole article now as it appears in dawn news!!!!
Secretary Aviation Division Mohammad Ali Gardezi has no satisfactory answer to questions about airport water supply.
ISLAMABAD: The Aviation Division on Friday informed the National Assembly standing committee on planning, development and reforms that 80 per cent work on the New Islamabad Airport is complete and the facility would be operational in the last quarter of 2016.
However, a senior officer of the division had no satisfactory answer when asked how water would be arranged for the airport.
The airport project was conceived in 1984 for which the acquisition of land started near Fatehjang the same year.
In 2004, the then prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, inaugurated the work on the project. But the construction of the airport was started without the approval of any design.
The PC-I of Rs37 billion was approved in 2008 but it did not contain the establishment of the fuel system, radar and radio control building, aprons, sewage treatment plants, supply of electricity and water to the airport.
The new airport with 90 check-in counters and a parking facility for 2,000 vehicles will cater to nine million people every year.
Secretary Aviation Division Mohammad Ali Gardezi assured the committee that the airport would be completed in the last quarter of 2016.
In reply to questions, Mr Gardezi said initially the government of Punjab had agreed to supply water to the airport from Shahpur Dam in the Attock district. However, as the project faced delays, the provincial government diverted the water to the agriculture and residential sectors.
“Now the provincial government has refused to provide water from the dam to the airport. We have proposed that three small dams should be constructed to store rainwater but that water would be sufficient only for four months. There is another proposal to construct a big dam,” he said.
MNA Dr Nafisa Shah said she was not convinced that the airport would be operational even by the end of 2016.
“It is unfortunate that the basic necessity of water could not be arranged for such an important project,” she said.
Mr Gardezi said the cost of the project had increased from Rs37 billion to Rs81 billion. It might go up further due to the devaluation of the rupee and the price hikes. So far, he added, Rs40 billion had been spent on the project.
In reply to another question, the official attributed the delay in the completion of the project to the late appointment of the design consultant, the absence of an access road and the illegal occupation of the land acquired for the airport.
Mr Gardezi said the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had proposed to construct an access road from Golra Chowk to the airport, passing through sector E-16, E-17 and Haji Chowk. The proposed road would be 14.5 kilometres but due to unknown reasons it was decided that Margalla Avenue would be extended to the airport. The approved road passes through a number of housing societies,” he said.
Secretary Planning and Development Division Hassan Nawaz Tarar said the Cabinet Division on February 20, 2015, had requested his ministry to include the widening of Kashmir Highway from Golra Chowk to G.T. Road in the new airport road project being executed by NHA.
“It has been decided that the widening of Kashmir Highway will be included in the airport project,” he said, adding Rs1.2 billion were required for it.
MNA Sheikh Salahuddin told Dawn that it was strange that the issues of access road and water supply could not be resolved. All these basic requirements should have been included in the PC-I. “Now another Rs1.2 billion will be utilised for the construction of the access road,” he said.
I would highly advise new buyers of Top-City to speak with some of the current plot owners of this society, who are currently living under constant fear of loosing their prime spots and being moved over to other locations due to the construction of airport road.
Not to mention, lack of water which has been proved by the above article of Dawn News.
Old article and already highlighted issues. Everything has a solution, don’t be panic.
I saw a program on Dawn News tonight, which was aired from 8-9 pm. The topic of the show was the New Islamabad airport project. There were 4 guests including MNA Dr Tariq Fazal from govt, Fayaz chohan from PTI, a journalist from Dawn and a former CAA official.
During the program, Dr Tariq Fazal made two important revelations about the project.
There is absolutely no underground water in the area where the airport is being built. A number of studies have been conducted in this regard and the only option now seems to be to build a new dam which will be used to store rain water, because there is no other source of getting water. But this dam will barely be enough to meet the airport's requirements.
The original plan of the airport, when construction was started in 2007, did not have any link road identified for the project. According to him, the present govt has now finalized Two roads to the airport, one from Golra and the second one will be used to connect airport to the motorway.
I believe the following blog post is relevant to the topic:
So When will New Islamabad International Airport get Operational
Regards,
According to the Blog: "Initially, it was decided that an access road passing through Haji Chowk and Sectors E-16 and E-17 would be developed from Golra Chowk to the airport, but later it was decided that Margalla Road would be extended to the airport."
Does the author mean Margalla Avenue? I thought it was a mistake in Dawn's article?
Dear Junaid bahi
I think it was mistake by author.We always think for MA but there is no sign to complete until CDA serious.
Regards
I found this on a government website.
http://www.pac.na.gov.pk/sites/default/files/reports/20140506%20NIIA%20Final.pdf
Although old but still puts some light on historical proceedings.
@ Kashif Sheikh ... Reference to program.
Http://www.aaj.tv/2015/04/ahsan-iqbal-directs-to-expedite-completion-work-on-key-energy-projects/
The link will pass through TopCity Insha ALLAH, So no need to beat the bush now.. The punch line i am pasting for the information of many..., anyhow read carefully..“All the approaching link roads of 13.5 km length starting from Golra Mor and crossing through G.T road, zero point and leading to New International Islamabad Airport should be completed by November this year”, directed the Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Prof. Ahsan Iqbal while chairing the meeting on overview of infrastructure development of projects here".