ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: On the direction of the Federal Minister of Interior Mohsin Naqvi, work on the Margalla Road Expansion Project – which had been stalled for 17 years since 2008 in Islamabad – has resumed.
Mohsin Naqvi visited the Margalla Road project and inspected the asphalt work.
اسلام آباد کے 17 برس سے رکے ہوئے منصوبے پر کام شروع
وفاقی وزیرداخلہ محسن نقوی کی ہدایت پر 2008 سے رکے مارگلہ روز کی تعمیر و گشادگی پراجیکٹ پر کام کا آغاز کر دیا گیا
وفاقی وزیرداخلہ محسن نقوی کا مارگلہ روڈ پراجیکٹ کا دورہ
وزیرداخلہ محسن نقوی نے اسفالٹ کے کام کا معائنہ کیا pic.twitter.com/zhBV8PwMEo— Ministry of Interior GoP (@MOIofficialGoP) August 3, 2024
The interior minister checked the quality of the construction work and ordered the completion of the project by August 14.
Mohsin Naqvi said that the road should be opened to traffic before August 14.
The minister directed that a cycle track should also be constructed. He further said that Margalla Avenue will be linked to Murree Road.
The Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa briefed that the project was initiated in 2007 and was supposed to be completed in 2008.
The Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Irfan Memon and the contractor were also present on the occasion.
