Government’s tall claims on development notwithstanding, two main road widening projects in the Downtown here namely Khanyar-Zadibal-Pandach and Syed Meerak Shah-Zakura have seen little progress.
The Khanyar-Zadibal-Pandach which is known as KZP is a 12.5 Km road stretch passing through the heart of Downtown.
The project is part of 44-year-old Circular Road project. It began in 1976 and was aimed at constructing a four-lane ring road around the summer capital.
“There is unprecedented increase in the cost of this project as more than 300 structures and 500 shops are to be dismantled to pave way for widening of this road stretch which at current price would require more than Rs 1000 crore for land acquisition,” said a senior R&B official.
He said the delay of over four decades in widening the road stretch has made this project “white elephant” which the government is failing to fund.
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