Lahore: Pakistan Railways has transferred land on GT Road to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) for a substation of the under-construction Orange Line Metro Train, a news source quoted the project Chairman Khwaja Ahmad Hassan. The transferred land will be used to set up a high-voltage power substation.
Hassan, during a weekly progress review meeting, said that development work at the GT Road and Multan substations will be completed by the end of this month. In order to ensure speedy and efficient construction, the latest machinery has been imported to create girders for the project, he added.
Hassan also revealed that train wagons will reach Lahore by mid-September, for which the parking depots for the wagons have already been set up at Dera Gujran. Commenting on the project status, he said that 74% development for the metro train project has been completed.