{"id":101685,"date":"2025-03-14T13:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=101685"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:02:18","slug":"rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html","title":{"rendered":"Ring Road, Leh Expressway among 6 projects put on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi The Punjab government has deferred six major infrastructure projects in Rawalpindi for the upcoming fiscal year due to financial constraints and a significant shortfall in tax collections. The affected projects include the Leh Expressway, Rawalpindi Ring Road, a sewage treatment plant, the Chahan Dam water supply scheme, Daducha Dam, and the Ghazi Barotha Dam project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/deadline-for-rawalpindi-ring-road-completion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab sets deadline for Rawalpindi Ring Road completion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rising costs have further strained the provincial budget. The Leh Expressway, initially planned at PKR 17 billion, is now projected to cost between PKR 80 billion and PKR 85 billion. Similarly, the sewage treatment plant&#8217;s estimated cost has doubled from PKR 30 billion to PKR 60 billion, while the Chahan Dam water supply project has risen from PKR 6.5 billion to PKR 8 billion. The Ghazi Barotha Dam project has been deemed unfeasible due to an additional PKR 100 billion in estimated costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/commissioner-vows-early-ring-road-completion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commissioner vows to complete Rawalpindi Ring Road ahead of deadline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rawalpindi Ring Road project, which has already faced multiple delays, has had its timeline revised four times in the past year. Officials now anticipate its completion in the first half of the 2025-26 fiscal year, though further delays could push it into 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/daducha-dam-update-land-acquisition-completed.html\">Daducha Dam Update: Land acquisition complete, spillway construction underway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the Punjab government has put a freeze on funding for new development schemes under the Rawalpindi District Council and Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation until at least June 30, 2025. However, funding allocations for Punjab Assembly and National Assembly members are expected within the next two months, with a final decision anticipated after Eid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=97099&amp;action=edit\">Punjab revises Leh Expressway proposal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address the financial shortfall, tax-collecting agencies have been instructed to intensify their efforts, with authorities warning of strict action against non-compliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi The Punjab government has deferred six major infrastructure projects in Rawalpindi for the upcoming fiscal year due to financial constraints and a significant shortfall in tax collections. The affected projects include the Leh Expressway, Rawalpindi Ring Road, a sewage treatment plant, the Chahan Dam water supply scheme, Daducha Dam, and the Ghazi Barotha Dam project. Read: Punjab sets deadline for Rawalpindi Ring Road completion Rising costs have further strained the provincial budget. The Leh Expressway, initially planned at PKR 17 billion, is now projected to cost between PKR 80 billion and PKR 85 billion. Similarly, the sewage treatment plant&#8217;s estimated cost has doubled from PKR 30 billion to PKR 60 billion, while the Chahan Dam water supply project has risen from PKR 6.5 billion to PKR 8 billion. The Ghazi Barotha Dam project has been deemed unfeasible due to an additional PKR 100 billion in estimated costs. Read: Commissioner vows to complete Rawalpindi Ring Road ahead of deadline The Rawalpindi Ring Road project, which has already faced multiple delays, has had its timeline revised four times in the past year. Officials now anticipate its completion in the first half of the 2025-26 fiscal year, though further delays could push&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":100219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[9949,63103,44346,60237,63101,23103,63104,63100,12479,62653,52627,6436,7738,63102,10378],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-chahan-dam","9":"tag-construction-delays","10":"tag-daducha-dam","11":"tag-development-budget","12":"tag-financial-constraints","13":"tag-ghazi-barotha-dam","14":"tag-give-tags-for-above-chatgpt-said-punjab-government","15":"tag-infrastructure-delays","16":"tag-leh-expressway","17":"tag-project-funding","18":"tag-rawalpindi-projects","19":"tag-rawalpindi-ring-road","20":"tag-sewage-treatment-plant","21":"tag-tax-shortfall","22":"tag-urban-development","23":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RWP Ring Road, Leh Expressway put on hold - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Rawalpindi Ring Road project, which has already faced multiple delays, has had its timeline revised four times in the past year...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RWP Ring Road, Leh Expressway put on hold - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Rawalpindi Ring Road project, which has already faced multiple delays, has had its timeline revised four times in the past year...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-14T08:02:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-14T08:02:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News-Cover-Govt-Punjab.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RWP Ring Road, Leh Expressway put on hold - Zameen News","description":"The Rawalpindi Ring Road project, which has already faced multiple delays, has had its timeline revised four times in the past year...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RWP Ring Road, Leh Expressway put on hold - Zameen News","og_description":"The Rawalpindi Ring Road project, which has already faced multiple delays, has had its timeline revised four times in the past year...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2025-03-14T08:02:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-14T08:02:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News-Cover-Govt-Punjab.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Samra Zulfiqar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samra Zulfiqar","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html"},"author":{"name":"Samra Zulfiqar","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9810bc80e0f6830dcb87310b88ef6293"},"headline":"Ring Road, Leh Expressway among 6 projects put on hold","datePublished":"2025-03-14T08:02:14+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-14T08:02:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html"},"wordCount":293,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News-Cover-Govt-Punjab.jpg","keywords":["Chahan Dam","construction delays","Daducha Dam","development budget","financial constraints","Ghazi Barotha dam","give tags for above ChatGPT said: Punjab government","infrastructure delays","Leh Expressway","project funding","Rawalpindi Projects","Rawalpindi Ring Road","Sewage Treatment Plant","tax shortfall","urban development"],"articleSection":["Infrastructure"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html","name":"RWP Ring Road, Leh Expressway put on hold - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News-Cover-Govt-Punjab.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-14T08:02:14+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-14T08:02:18+00:00","description":"The Rawalpindi Ring Road project, which has already faced multiple delays, has had its timeline revised four times in the past year...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News-Cover-Govt-Punjab.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News-Cover-Govt-Punjab.jpg","width":1170,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rwp-ring-road-leh-expressway-put-on-hold.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ring Road, Leh Expressway among 6 projects put on hold"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9810bc80e0f6830dcb87310b88ef6293","name":"Samra Zulfiqar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","caption":"Samra Zulfiqar"},"description":"Samra Zulfiqar, a real estate analyst at Zameen.com, is passionate about finding projects that offer buyers the best returns. Her keen insights spotlight the market\u2019s most promising opportunities.","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/samra"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101686,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101685\/revisions\/101686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101685"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=101685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}