Karachi: Nazim reviews work on Banaras Chowk flyover

[Naveed Yaseen]

City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, paid a surprise visit to the under-construction Banaras flyover on Monday and had an appraisal from the city government officials, contractor and representative of the consultant firm present on the occasion.

On the occasion, he directed that there is a need to further speedup the work in view of the project importance and its utility for the citizens.

He pointed out that the city government has completed over 60 per cent of development work on the flyover and hoped that it would soon be opened for traffic.

On the special directive of the city Nazim, the work on 1.5 km long flyover was started at a cost of Rs1.15 billion to facilitate the people of Orangi and Baldia.

The 24 feet wide flyover having 8.2 meter wide space for bus rapid system stretches from Metro Cinema to Pirabad police station.The plan also incorporates the construction of a road under the flyover the design of which was improved on the desire of the local people.Kamal directed Executive District Officer (EDO) Works and Services, Rasheed Mughal, to expedite the construction of flyover to ensure its timely completion.

He pointed out that Banaras Chowk was a busy thoroughfare and the flyover was being constructed to overcome problems of traffic jam. He added that the project would have been completed much earlier, but it was delayed as its design had to be changed in public interest.

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