PM opens Kashmir Chowk Underpass in Islamabad, calls its completion in 27 days a ‘mini miracle’
Dawn · Kashif Abbasi ·
Says project was required before next year’s SCO conference in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated Kashmir Chowk Underpass, which was completed in a record 27 days. He described the speedy completion of the project as a “mini miracle.”
“This project has been completed in 27 days. I don’t think any project was ever completed at such speed. I appreciate Interior Minister, Chairman CDA, the contractor and everyone involved in this project for this mini miracle,” he said after inaugurating the underpass.
The prime minister said the 500-metre-long underpass along with a four-kilometre road was completed in a record time. The project also included the planting of thousands of trees and two monuments highlighting Kashmir, the prime minister said, adding the project worth Rs1.4 billion was completed with utmost transparency maintained in the award of the contract.