LAHORE: Signs should be designed and installed at all stations for guidance of commuters who will travel via Lahore Orange Line Metro Train (LOMT).
Project’s Steering Committee Chairman Khawaja Ahmad Hassaan said this during a weekly progress review meeting on Wednesday.
“More police wardens may be deputed near all the 11 under-construction elevated metro stations along package-I, where construction activity was in full swing these days, for facilitating smooth flow of traffic in these areas,” he added.
The meeting was informed that four traffic wardens, who were performing their duties in two shifts had been deputed for escorting the pre-cast structures from casting yard to the site of installation to avoid any untoward incident during the lifting.
The meeting was further told that reconstruction of roads from Lakshmi Chowk to The Mall as well as around the under-ground Anarkali metro station being built at Jain Mandir area has been commenced. While asphalt work on GT Road from Dera Gujjaran to Coop Store and Nicholson Road from Bohr Wala Chowk to Lakshmi Chowk has been completed.
A total of 670 precast U-tub girders will be used for construction of elevated track along Package-I out which 220 had so far been launched. Similarly a total of 341 Transoms will be used along this route out of which 258 had so far been placed.
Work on Package-II has also been resumed and construction of roads from Tokhar Niaz Baig to Ali Town has also started. Eight out of the 23 buildings of depot, package-III, had so far been constructed and work for acquisition of remaining land required for stabling yard, package IV, had also been started.
The meeting was attended by Member Provincial Assembly Chaudhry Shahbaz Ahmad, Mayor Col (r) Mubashir Javed, LDA Chief Engineer Israr Saeed, TEPA Chief Engineer Saifur Rehman, officials of Punjab Mass Transit Authority, NESPAK, WASA, LESCO, PTCL, Sui Gas, traffic police, Rescue 1122 and railway, Chinese contractor and project contractors.
