LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday inaugurated Qainchi signal-free junction project.
The scheme completed within 170 days at the busiest point of Ferozepur Road will benefit more than 200,000 vehicles daily, saving fuel worth Rs2 billion annually.
Talking to the media after inauguration of the project, the chief minister said the Qainchi signal-free junction would increase beauty of the city as well as play an important role in economic development of the provincial metropolis.
He said completion of 20 mega projects in Lahore within a few years was unprecedented.
He said the construction and expansion project of Multan Road had been completed while execution of Lahore-Kasur Road and Thokar Niaz Beg Flyover projects had facilitated the masses.
He said: “These are our development projects against which long march and sit-ins are being conducted.”
Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2014
