Rawalpindi: Punjab Planning and Development Board (P&D) has issued orders to initiate land acquisition for Rawalpindi’s revised Ring Road project and has approved its PC-1 worth PKR 6.7 billion, according to news published on Monday (October 18).
It was reported that the land worth PKR 380 million was acquired for the project, but was cancelled due to corruption allegations. However, the district administration has yet to recover the amount paid to landowners whose land was acquired for the previous route of the project, from Radio Pakistan to Murat and Sangjani.
Moreover, in August, Commissioner Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah cancelled the land acquisition in Rawalpindi and Attock. The commissioner also ordered to recover the amount paid to landowners, under Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act 1894.
A senior official of the district administration (whose name was not disclosed) stated that the government has ordered the district administration to work with Rawalpindi Authority Development (RDA) to start the land acquisition process as per the newly approved route.
As per the details shared, the new route will be 38.3-kilometre-long and will start from Banth near Rawat and end at Thalian near Motorway. The price assessment will be made once section 4 is imposed in the area to stop the purchase and sale of land. The senior official also disclosed that RDA is working on PC-1 of the project, which will be submitted to the Punjab Development Working Party (PDWP) for consideration.
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