Govt Shelves Controversial Islamabad Ring Road Project

“It has been decided not to allocate funds for the Islamabad Ring Road in the new Capital Development Authority (CDA) budget supposed to be sent to the federal government,” 

The Islamabad and Rawalpindi Ring Roads were two of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s flagship projects, meant to connect the twin cities.

The Islamabad Ring Road is supposed to start from Sangjani Interchange and finish at the starting point of Rawalpindi Ring Road.

The 50-kilometer-long Islamabad Ring Road will pass through Shah Allah Ditta, Margalla Hills, Bhara Kahu, F-Series sectors, Charah and Kallar Syeddan. Traffic coming from Hazara and Gilgit-Baltistan was also supposed to link the ring road directly from the Hazara side.

The project was estimated to cost Rs. 70 billion, and the federal government was supposed to bear all expenses through the CDA.