Plantation drive on Ring Road to start on Feb 15

Rawalpindi : Commissioner (Rawalpindi Division) Liaquat Ali Chatta here on Wednesday said that the plantation drive on both sides of Rawalpindi Ring Road would be started from February 15. During a visit to the Ring Road Project camp office, the commissioner was given a briefing on the progress of the construction work.

The commissioner said that the ring road project would be completed within the stipulated time frame as 20 per cent physical work of the ring road project had been completed. After the traffic network design to link the ring road with the motorway, work on the Thalian Interchange would be started, he added. Swan Bridge should be completed as soon as possible, he directed the authorities concerned. The rest area being built on the ring road would be developed on the pattern of Bhera rest area, Liaquat Ali Chatta informed. Liaquat Ali further informed that the project would be inaugurated on August 14. The Ring Road project would prove to be a game changer for the people of Rawalpindi, he added.