{"id":65419,"date":"2020-05-13T14:30:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65419"},"modified":"2020-05-13T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T10:15:26","slug":"work-on-rawalpindi-ring-road-start-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-on-rawalpindi-ring-road-start-in-september.html","title":{"rendered":"Work on Rawalpindi Ring Road project to start in September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Tuesday confirmed that the construction of the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) \u2013 a signal-free dual carriageway \u2013 had been postponed till the next fiscal year, according to news sources. Following the disbursement of funds scheduled in August, the construction work will commence in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rrr-linked-with-cpec-route-project-feasibility-report-expected-may15.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RRR to be linked with CPEC route; project feasibility report expected this Friday<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delay is caused as the funds allocated for the construction of Rawalpindi Ring Road have been diverted to the government-launched COVID-19 relief attempts. The minister said that the government had allocated PKR 7 billion for RRR in FY2019-20, which were later deferred to the fight against the prevailing coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rrr-timeline-issued-opening-project-bids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RRR: Timeline issued for opening project bids<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Sarwar confirmed that all the arrangements for the project launch have been completed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-start-land-acquisition-process-rrr-development.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rawalpindi Development Authority<\/a> (RDA) \u2013 which is responsible for RRR project execution \u2013 has already assessed the market value of land required (20,600 kanals) for the construction. Reportedly, the foundation stones for the ring road (both in Islamabad and Rawalpindi) are expected to be laid in the ongoing year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the route of RRR will link Bhara Kahu (Islamabad) and Kallar Sayedan (Rawalpindi) to ease the traffic influx on the main roads of the twin cities that also connect the motorways and the Karakoram Highway (KKH). The project also aims to facilitate the traffic entering Islamabad from Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and the Hazara Division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Tuesday confirmed that the construction of the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) \u2013 a signal-free dual carriageway \u2013 had been postponed till the next fiscal year, according to news sources. Following the disbursement of funds scheduled in August, the construction work will commence in September. Read: RRR to be linked with CPEC route; project feasibility report expected this Friday The delay is caused as the funds allocated for the construction of Rawalpindi Ring Road have been diverted to the government-launched COVID-19 relief attempts. The minister said that the government had allocated PKR 7 billion for RRR in FY2019-20, which were later deferred to the fight against the prevailing coronavirus pandemic. Read: RRR: Timeline issued for opening project bids Furthermore, Sarwar confirmed that all the arrangements for the project launch have been completed. Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) \u2013 which is responsible for RRR project execution \u2013 has already assessed the market value of land required (20,600 kanals) for the construction. Reportedly, the foundation stones for the ring road (both in Islamabad and Rawalpindi) are expected to be laid in the ongoing year. Additionally, the route of RRR will link Bhara Kahu (Islamabad) and Kallar&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,20385],"tags":[28994,28993],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-development-projects","9":"tag-rawalpindi-ring-road-rrr","10":"tag-work-on-rawalpindi-ring-road-project-to-start-in-september","11":"cat-15013-id","12":"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>Work on Rawalpindi Ring Road to start in September - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Tuesday confirmed that the construction of the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) had been postponed till the next fiscal 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\/work-on-rawalpindi-ring-road-start-in-september.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Work on Rawalpindi Ring Road to start in September - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Tuesday confirmed that the construction of the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) had been postponed till the next fiscal year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-on-rawalpindi-ring-road-start-in-september.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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