NHA housing project works to be accelerated

Islamabad: The Federal Minister for Communication has directed the concerned officials of National Highway Authority (NHA) to accelerate the pace of work on NHA housing project.

He issued these instructions during a presentation in the Ministry here on Tuesday where Chairman NHA, Altaf Ahmed Chaudhry gave a detailed briefing about various aspects of the project.

The Minister was informed that Rs 1.7 billion housing project was launched in 2004 and was meant to complete in 2006. The project, however, got delayed owing to various land acquisition related issues. The Minister was told that the land acquisition process has been duly completed and efforts were being made for an early completion of the project.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that the housing project was meant for the betterment of NHA employees and therefore, its early completion was necessary. He said that a lot of precious time had already been wasted and no one could afford to delay the project further.

He asked the concerned officials to complete the process of land transfer on emergency basis and directed the contractor to take all the necessary steps in this regard. He also asked the members of the housing society to pay their dues and emphasised the need for a better utilisation of commercial land so that funds required to develop the scheme could be made available in time.