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Work on civic projects accelerated
Reduced traffic for over a week helps pursuit of development work on roads
LAHORE:
The civic agencies of the provincial capital strived to take advantage of the lockdown imposed during the past week to complete their pending development work in the city amid the low traffic flow and business shutdown without causing inconvenience to the citizens.
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA), Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency (TEPA), Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) and Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) geared up to complete their projects as soon as the lockdown was imposed to check the spread of coronavirus during the Eidul Fitr holidays. According to sources, the aim of the authorities was to fill the gaps in the beautification and cleanliness operations in the city by the routine activities resume after the Eid.
Thunderstorm, heavy rain hit City
Lahore
May 13, 2021
LAHORE:Heavy rain with thunderstorm and lightning was witnessed in the provincial metropolis on Wednesday evening. Heavy rain with gusty winds disrupted the traffic system as well as tripped more than 400 feeders of Lesco resulting in power outages in several city areas.
The localities where rain was witnessed included Johar Town, Wapda Town, Township, Green Town, Muslim Town, Mughalpura, Taj Bagh, Mozang, Ichhra, Samanabad, Gulshan-e-Ravi, Qila Gujjar Singh, Davis Road, Garhi Shahu, Railway Station, Walled City areas, Faisal Town, Model Town, Raiwind Road and its adjoining localities, Chungi Amar Sadhu, Ferozepur Road, Anarkali, Urdu Bazaar, Shadman, Shah Jamal, Wahdat Colony, Mansoora, Awan Town, Thokar and etc.
Thunderstorm, heavy rain hit Lahore
National
May 13, 2021
LAHORE: Heavy rain with thunderstorm and lightning was witnessed in the provincial metropolis on Wednesday evening. Heavy rain with gusty winds disrupted the traffic system as well as tripped more than 400 feeders of Lesco resulting in power outages in several city areas.
The localities where rain was witnessed included Johar Town, Wapda Town, Township, Green Town, Muslim Town, Mughalpura, Taj Bagh, Mozang, Ichhra, Samanabad, Gulshan-e-Ravi, Qila Gujjar Singh, Davis Road, Garhi Shahu, Railway Station, Walled City areas, Faisal Town, Model Town, Raiwind Road and its adjoining localities, Chungi Amar Sadhu, Ferozepur Road, Anarkali, Urdu Bazaar, Shadman, Shah Jamal, Wahdat Colony, Mansoora, Awan Town, Thokar and etc.
Wasa awaits soft loan for Rs14 bn sewerage project
National
April 20, 2021
LAHORE: The Punjab government on the request of Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has asked the Economic Affairs Division for early processing of financial facility for the country’s first ever mega trenchless sewerage project worth Rs14 billion.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has already committed a soft loan for laying a trenchless sewerage system from Larechs Colony to Gulshan-e-Ravi, Lahore. PC- I of the project was approved by ECNEC on 16 March, 2020 while pre-qualification of Project Management Consultant was completed in advance to save time.
The board approval by AIIB was expected in September, 2020, loan signing with AIIB was expected in October, 2020 and the award of work was expected by end of December, 2020. However, the project financing was delayed. Recently, Planning & Development Board Punjab wrote a letter (No. 4(46) ECA/P&D/20-I1) to the Economic Affairs Division, Islam