RAWALPINDI: The authorities have formally started work on building an expressway along the banks of the Nullah Leh in Rawalpindi, a news source reported. The aim is to permanently end flooding in the area during each monsoon.
Federal Railways Minister and the focal person for the project Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that he will meet Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar next week for the purpose. The expressway will start from Soan Camp and will extend to IJ Principal Road.
Prime Minister Imran Khan will lay the foundation stone for the project in February and the project is expected to be completed in two years at an estimated cost of PKR 50 billion. Both the Punjab and Federal governments will fund the projects.
The expressway will be completely signal-free and will include the construction of four or five bridges. The highway is expected to help lower the traffic load on Murree Road by about 60-70 per cent.
The minister said that tracks will also be laid for a mono-train in the middle of the expressway for an expected train service.
