Rawalpindi: The notification concerning the imposition of Section 4 for the land acquisition of the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) project has been forwarded to the Punjab Revenue Board for publishing, a news report reported. The document specifies the names of the 27 mouzas in the city where the authorities concerned have identified 14,600 kanals of land for the project’s development.
The report on project design and feasibility is expected to be presented to the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) management in May. There has been contradicting reports on the total length of the circular road. As per previous reports, RRR was to be merged with a similar ring road project for Islamabad looping in the twin cities by covering a circular loop of 66 kilometres.
According to latest information on this front, the road will begin at Radio Pakistan building on GT Road and end at Murat Tehsil in Fateh Jang and would feature five interchanges.
The funds
currently allocated for acquisition of 14,600 kanals of land for the RRR
project amount to PKR 4 billion and more funds would be issued – subject to
further requirement. As per the announcement, the required land will be
purchased according to the market rate.
