{"id":62667,"date":"2020-03-14T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62667"},"modified":"2020-03-13T17:40:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:40:55","slug":"railways-ordered-revive-kcr-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railways-ordered-revive-kcr-six-months.html","title":{"rendered":"Railways ordered to revive KCR in six months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karachi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the Pakistan Railways to revive the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railways-meet-sc-deadline-kcr-operationalisation-rasheed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"within six months (opens in a new tab)\">within six months<\/a>, according to news sources. As per the publication, the apex court has issued instructions to the federal secretary to ensure the supply of the funds needed to the Pakistan Railways (PR) for the project&#8217;s completion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kcr-sindh-govt-bare-15-project-expense-compensate-4600-affectees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"KCR: Sindh govt to bear 15% project expense, compensate 4,600 affectees (opens in a new tab)\">KCR: Sindh govt to bear 15% project expense, compensate 4,600 affectees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nverdict was passed by a three-member bench that included Chief Justice Gulzar\nAhmed, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Faisal Arbab. The bench was informed\nthat the PR required funds of approximately PKR 6 billion for the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The verdict referred to a presentation by the attorney general, advocate general, railways secretary, and the Sindh chief secretary, among other provincial and federal officials. As per the presentation, KCR\u2019s revival can be planned in two ways. The first option is to revive the project as it was before its closure, and the second option is that it\u2019s made part of the China-Pakistan-Economic-Corridor (CPEC) initiative under a new design infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-facilitate-kcr-construction-24-underpasses-flyovers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh govt to facilitate KCR with construction of 24 underpasses, flyovers (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh govt to facilitate KCR with construction of 24 underpasses, flyovers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\napex court endorsed the first option to revive the project under existing\npatterns, and asked it to be completed in the already issued timeline that\nexpires in six months\u2019 time. The judgement allowed the PR to plan an upgrade of\nthe KCR (under CPEC), but without compromising the already functioning section\nof the KCR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nbench directed the Sindh government to develop underpasses and overhead bridges\nneeded at level crossings to prevent any traffic hazards in the area. Moreover,\nthe bench asked that a detailed report on the progress of the KCR revival\nproject should be presented before the SC on March 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the Pakistan Railways to revive the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project within six months, according to news sources. As per the publication, the apex court has issued instructions to the federal secretary to ensure the supply of the funds needed to the Pakistan Railways (PR) for the project&#8217;s completion. Read: KCR: Sindh govt to bear 15% project expense, compensate 4,600 affectees The verdict was passed by a three-member bench that included Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Faisal Arbab. The bench was informed that the PR required funds of approximately PKR 6 billion for the project. The verdict referred to a presentation by the attorney general, advocate general, railways secretary, and the Sindh chief secretary, among other provincial and federal officials. As per the presentation, KCR\u2019s revival can be planned in two ways. The first option is to revive the project as it was before its closure, and the second option is that it\u2019s made part of the China-Pakistan-Economic-Corridor (CPEC) initiative under a new design infrastructure. Read: Sindh govt to facilitate KCR with construction of 24 underpasses, flyovers The apex court endorsed the first option to revive the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[3886,4468,2364,22878,1976],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-62667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-development-projects","tag-cpec","tag-kcr","tag-pakistan-railways","tag-railways-ordered-to-revive-kcr-in-six-months","tag-supreme-court","cat-20385-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Railways ordered to revive KCR in six months - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the Pakistan Railways to revive the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project within six months\" \/>\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\/railways-ordered-revive-kcr-six-months.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Railways ordered to revive KCR in six months - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the Pakistan Railways to revive the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project within six months\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railways-ordered-revive-kcr-six-months.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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