Orange Line Train case: SC directs LDA to pay full amount to construction company
CJP said that NAB has taken up this case for investigation.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday has directed to pay full money to construction company awarded contract of Orange Line Metro Train in five days.
During the hearing of the case, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar said the court wants to extend contract of project incharge and directed advocate general to discuss this issue with the government representative.
The top judge said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has taken up this case for investigation.
Meanwhile, construction company’s lawyer told that no money has been paid to his client since March. He also assured to complete the underground track of the train as early as possible.
Director general of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) said that amount of Rs10 billion will be issued to the company in a week.
In May 2014, Punjab government had signed a project with Chairman of the Chinese National Development Reforms Commission regarding construction of an Orange Line Train in Lahore so that the metropolis will depict a melange of the traditional and the modern.
The train route will be 27.1 kilometer long, spread from Ali Town to Thokar Niaz Baig, from Multan Road to Scheme Mor, Chowburji, MAO College, Mall Road, Laxmi Chowk and Railway Station, from Garhi Shahu Bridge to GT Road and UET and from Pakistan Mint to Dera Gojran.
The Orange Line Train is said to be the common man’s ride that will move through places where people with low income and living standards are spending lives.
The original deadline for the project was December 25, 2017.
