Orange Line train project in limbo as deadline ends
Only 93.5 percent of the project has been completed at the time.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The Punjab provincial government has failed to complete the civil work on the Orange Line Metro Train project, in compliance with the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s directives to accomplish the task by May 20.
Sources familiar with the matter told the media that the government is likely to seek more time from the court for the completion of the project.
Only 93.5 percent of the project has been completed at the time, while experts anticipate that the deadline shall be extended till August, 2019.
On April 19, a two-member bench comprising of Justice Gulzar Ahmad and Justice Ijaz-ul Ahsan had ordered the government to complete the task by the deadline (May 20).
The bench had expressed displeasure over the delay in the project while hearing a case regarding the completion of the project.
During the hearing, Justice Ahmed had remarked that if contractors don’t work, they should be picked up and thrown away or put in jail.
Besides, the court had also ordered three construction companies involved in the project to submit guarantees of Rs10 million each, warning them that if the project wasn’t completed by May 20, the court take possession of their guarantees.
