Rawalpindi: The Punjab Planning and Development Board (PPDB) has approved the PC-I costing Rs. 6.7 billion and given the green light to begin land acquisition for the revamped Rawalpindi Ring Road project.
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The district administration, on the other hand, has yet to recoup money from landowners for land acquired on the ancient Ring Road route from Radio Pakistan to Murat and Sangjani. The land acquisition for the Ring Road project in Rawalpindi district had been worth Rs. 380 million, but it was cancelled after suspicions of corruption.
The issue arose when Prime Minister Imran Khan became aware of charges that the Punjab bureaucracy and certain PTI politicians had planned an additional road to benefit some private housing societies, resulting in a Rs. 25 billion rise in the project’s actual cost.
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After the controversy, former Divisional Commissioner retired Capt Mohammad Mehmood was detained by the Anti-Corruption Establishment for two months, while Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari resigned as special assistant to the prime minister.
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