Commissioner directs authorities to complete projects within stipulated period

Rawalpindi:Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Liaquat Ali Chatta along with Station Commander Rawalpindi Brig. Ahmed Nawaz while chairing a meeting of the Steering Committee for Urban Development Projects directed the authorities to complete the development projects within stipulated period.

Brig. (r) Ijaz Qamar Kiani, Director Development and Finance, Nazia Parveen Sudhan, Director General, Rawalpindi Development Authority, Saif Anwar Jappa and other officers concerned attended the meeting. 

The Commissioner said that the meeting of the Steering Committee is held fortnightly and the problems being faced in the public interest projects are tried to be solved by bringing them before the forum. The departments concerned gave a detailed briefing on the progress of the mega projects in the meeting.

The biggest problem of Rawalpindi at present is the traffic congestion, Liaquat Ali Chatta said adding, that a signal-free corridor is a lasting solution to this problem. All schools, hospitals and institutions on Peshawar Road should arrange their parking facilities, he said. No one would be allowed to create problems for the public by parking on the main roads, the Commissioner said.

Liaquat Ali said strict action in accordance with the law would be taken against all the organisations that would not provide parking space. For traffic management, the service roads should be cleared of encroachments and opened for traffic. Liaquat Ali Chatta directed the City Traffic Officer (CTO) to move the existing public transport stop from Kutchery Chowk as this would also help to ensure smooth flow of traffic on the road.

He instructed the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority and CTO to give a briefing regarding parking in the next meeting to be held in Topi Rakh. Liaquat Ali Chatta directed the authorities to utilise large parking space available in Topi Rakh. The parking of vehicles should be in Topi Rakh and a shuttle service should be arranged from there to facilitate the citizens. The Traffic Police Headquarters should also try to get parking space in Race Course area and Station Commander Rawal­pindi, Office should be requested for the permission in this regard.