{"id":64780,"date":"2020-04-28T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T09:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64780"},"modified":"2020-04-28T14:25:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T09:25:11","slug":"remodelling-of-rawalpindi-defence-chowk-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/remodelling-of-rawalpindi-defence-chowk-approved.html","title":{"rendered":"Remodelling of Rawalpindi Defence Chowk approved to facilitate traffic flow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has approved the remodelling of the Defence Chowk along with the constructions of an interchange and a flyover to encourage smooth traffic flow and ease congestion in the area, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-relief-package-doubles-demand-for-building-materials-in-rawalpindi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Construction relief package doubles demand for building materials in Rawalpindi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Punjab Planning and Development Department (P&amp;D) has directed the Rawalpindi Development Authority (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-delays-fawara-chowk-car-parking-plaza-auction-covid-19-spread.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RDA<\/a>) \u2013 project\u2019s executing agency \u2013 to prepare the project\u2019s feasibility report. The project has already received approval from the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/forest-dept-shares-measures-to-avoid-campfire-in-forests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forest Dept announces start of \u2018fire season\u2019 in Rawalpindi division, takes measures to prevent campfires<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provincial government has also approved the remodelling project of Kacheri Chowk with an interchange and flyover. The process of awarding a contract to conduct the project feasibility report is currently underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per reports, the Defence Chowk is the second busiest intersection in the city, after the Kacheri Chowk. It gets traffic from all major city ways like Gulistan Colony, Morgarh, Al- Shifa Eye Trust, Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Grand Trunk (GT) Road (from Kacheri side) and GT Road (from Lahore side).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has approved the remodelling of the Defence Chowk along with the constructions of an interchange and a flyover to encourage smooth traffic flow and ease congestion in the area, according to news sources. Read: Construction relief package doubles demand for building materials in Rawalpindi The Punjab Planning and Development Department (P&amp;D) has directed the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) \u2013 project\u2019s executing agency \u2013 to prepare the project\u2019s feasibility report. The project has already received approval from the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP). Read: Forest Dept announces start of \u2018fire season\u2019 in Rawalpindi division, takes measures to prevent campfires The provincial government has also approved the remodelling project of Kacheri Chowk with an interchange and flyover. The process of awarding a contract to conduct the project feasibility report is currently underway. As per reports, the Defence Chowk is the second busiest intersection in the city, after the Kacheri Chowk. It gets traffic from all major city ways like Gulistan Colony, Morgarh, Al- Shifa Eye Trust, Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Grand Trunk (GT) Road (from Kacheri side) and GT Road (from Lahore side).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013],"tags":[27485,27487,27486],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"tag-defence-chowk-rawalpindi","9":"tag-punjab-planning-and-development-department-pd","10":"tag-remodelling-of-rawalpindi-defence-chowk-approved","11":"cat-15013-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Remodelling of Rawalpindi Defence Chowk approved - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Punjab government has approved the remodelling of the Defence Chowk along with the constructions of an interchange and a flyover\" \/>\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\/remodelling-of-rawalpindi-defence-chowk-approved.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remodelling of Rawalpindi Defence Chowk approved - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Punjab government has approved the remodelling of the Defence Chowk along with the constructions of an interchange and a flyover\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/remodelling-of-rawalpindi-defence-chowk-approved.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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