{"id":80225,"date":"2021-10-04T11:04:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T06:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=80225"},"modified":"2021-10-04T11:04:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T06:04:20","slug":"pm-leh-expressway-flood-channels-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-leh-expressway-flood-channels-december.html","title":{"rendered":"PM orders Leh Expressway, Flood Channel\u2019s construction to launch by December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has directed the Punjab provincial administration to begin construction work on the 16.5-kilometre-long Leh Expressway and Flood Channel project by December, news sources reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-leh-expressway-final-approval-after-eid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Work on Leh Expressway to start this year, Buzdar to issue final approval after eid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The projects worth PKR 55 billion will be completed under the Public-Private Partnership Programme (PPP) and will improve the commute between the twin cities while also preventing monsoon flooding.&nbsp; As per the details shared, the Punjab government has already appointed Commissioner Rawalpindi Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah as the project director and he will soon constitute a Project Management Unit (PMU) for the multi-billion rupee projects.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/commissioner-orders-survey-of-land-for-leh-expressway-project.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"72203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As per the survey conducted at the start of the year,<\/a> the government needs 1,279-kanal land for the proposed project, which includes land from the private sector, government and cantonment areas. The expressway is being developed as an alternative route to connect the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. It is also expected to be the permanent solution that will prevent the flooding of the area during the annual monsoon season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pc-i-submitted-for-urban-regeneration-for-leh-expressway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PC-I submitted for urban regeneration for Leh Expressway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the Punjab government is also planning to improve infrastructure along the proposed Leh Expressway under the Urban Regeneration Project, which is expected to be made part of the Annual Development Programme. The Punjab Development Working Party (PDWP) approved the PMU of Urban Regeneration Project on July 4 this year, in a bid to generate revenue and prevent monsoon flooding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-to-oversee-rrr-leh-expressway-development.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"74478\" target=\"_blank\">Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/commissioner-orders-survey-of-land-for-leh-expressway-project.html\">Commissioner orders survey of land for Leh Expressway project<\/a> Chairman Tariq Mehmood has said that the authority has shortlisted three firms for the urban regeneration feasibility study of the proposed route which will be completed in three months and the work is expected to start in January 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has directed the Punjab provincial administration to begin construction work on the 16.5-kilometre-long Leh Expressway and Flood Channel project by December, news sources reported.\u00a0 Read: Work on Leh Expressway to start this year, Buzdar to issue final approval after eid The projects worth PKR 55 billion will be completed under the Public-Private Partnership Programme (PPP) and will improve the commute between the twin cities while also preventing monsoon flooding.&nbsp; As per the details shared, the Punjab government has already appointed Commissioner Rawalpindi Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah as the project director and he will soon constitute a Project Management Unit (PMU) for the multi-billion rupee projects.&nbsp;&nbsp; As per the survey conducted at the start of the year, the government needs 1,279-kanal land for the proposed project, which includes land from the private sector, government and cantonment areas. The expressway is being developed as an alternative route to connect the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. It is also expected to be the permanent solution that will prevent the flooding of the area during the annual monsoon season. Read: PC-I submitted for urban regeneration for Leh Expressway Furthermore, the Punjab government is also planning to improve&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":77133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[48614,48616,48615],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-80225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-commissioner-orders-survey-of-land-for-leh-expressway-project","9":"tag-flood-channels-construction-to-launch-by-december","10":"tag-pm-orders-leh-expressway","11":"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>Start Leh Expressway construction by December: PM- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has directed the Punjab provincial administration to begin construction work on the 16.5-kilometre-long Leh\" \/>\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\/pm-leh-expressway-flood-channels-december.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Start Leh Expressway construction by December: PM- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has directed the Punjab provincial administration to begin construction work on the 16.5-kilometre-long Leh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-leh-expressway-flood-channels-december.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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