Punjab Government gives approval stamp on the launch of Ring Road II

The 186km-long road named as the National Economic Corridor, had been envisaged by the former Lahore Commissioner and the Lahore Ring Road Authority (LRRA) Chairperson Abdullah Sumbal and his team last year, it is learnt.

”Besides the existing Ring Road, we felt the need for another corridor that could not only facilitate connectivity of Lahore with Kasur and Nankana, but also play a strategic role in sustainable development, keeping in view the future requirements. So we prepared a proposal that was formally approved by our chairperson last year,” a senior LRRA official stated.

The Ring Road-II, under the plan will start from the BRB Canal in Lahore, running along its alignment and enter Kasur district. From there, it will start running along the Laliani (Mustafabad) canal. It will then enter Raiwind and then touch Manga Mandi’s suburbs.

The corridor will have several interchanges, bridges and culverts to connect cities infrastructural facilities with each other. It will provide direct access to the motorists to three motorways (Lahore-Islamabad, Lahore-Karachi and Lahore Sialkot) without any hassle.

The corridor will also help strengthen the canals’ embankments, saving millions of rupees being spent by the irrigation department for the purpose. It will also provide a fast route to Sikh Pilgrims to Nankana Sahib and largely eradicate the traffic congestion on Lahore Ring Road.

The land was acquired in Rs.40 Billion out of which Rs.10 billion will be saved by way of own strategic planning. The project’s feasibility study work was likely to be assigned to Nespak, the official remarked.