National
May 24, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Each and every major and minute detail of the Rawalpindi Ring Road (R3) project, including its alignment, was approved by the Punjab Assembly, provincial cabinet and the Planning & Development (P&D) Department Board, an official document reveals.
The 140-page PC-1, the Planning Commission proforma for development projects -- a copy of which is available with The News-- is titled “land acquisition, property compensation, afforestation & shifting of utilities for Rawalpindi Ring Road – R3 (66.3km) - an estimated cost of Rs16,471.2 million, (ADP No. 3980((2020-2021)”.
The Punjab assembly approved an allocation of Rs16,471.2 million under the annual development programme (ADP) following its clearance by the provincial cabinet to prepare the proposed R3 for construction by contractors on a private-public partnership (PPP) basis. The Provincial Development Working Party had also cleared it. The PC-1 is being kept under wraps as the accused officials are going to use it in their defence.