No Land Provided By Baluchistan Government For Housing Project In Gawader: Federal Minister For Hosing And Works Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema

Federal Minister for Hosing and Works Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema Friday said no housing project has been initiated as yet in Gawader as the government of Baluchistan has not provided any state land in this regard.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Dec, 2018 ) :Federal Minister for Hosing and Works Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema Friday said no housing project has been initiated as yet in Gawader as the government of Baluchistan has not provided any state land in this regard.

Speaking in the Senate during question hour session, he said that Pakistan Housing Authority Foundation (PHA-F) Ministry of Housing & Works has taken up a case with the provincial government for provision of land for construction of low cost housing scheme in Gawader. The reply is still awaited, he added.

He said that the PHA-F has the capacity and expertise to start low cost housing project in Gawader, if land is provided.

Replying to a question, he said all the rooms in Federal Lodges (Qasr-e-Noor) Karachi have air conditioning facility.

He said that total number of AC's installed in the lodges was 97 adding the project of the AC installment was completed through contract and department labors.

Replying to another question,the minister said that the first phase for the construction of 120 D & E type apartments in Wafaqi Colony Lahore was started in January 2009 with completion period of two years and 2nd phase for construction of 48 D&E type apartments was started in October 2010 having completion period of also two years.

However, due to some major reasons including court stay orders, interference by local residents, delayed provision of Electricity by LESCO, sewerage disposal issue by WASA, non availability of funds, work remained suspended for two years due to Inquiries, the projects could not be completed within stipulated time period.

At present, he said, all the above mentioned issues have been resolved and possession of 152 apartments out of 168 has already been offered to their respective allottees. The possession of remaining 16 apartments shall be offered soon, he added.

Replying to another question, he said that it is anticipated that the construction of category-I houses will be completed by the end of December 31, 2018 , the category-II houses will be completed till end January, 2019 and category-Ill houses will be completed till march 31, 2019.

The delay has been caused by different extraneous reasons including encroachment of land at site, court cases, political disturbances and inclement weather conditions, he told senate.

Now Work on provision of Electricity by IESCO is in progress i.e. installation of 13 out of 27 transformers are completed and lying of HT/LT cable are 80 percent completed within project premises, he informed.

The task is expected to be completed by January, 2019, hesaid adding that PHA-F and IESCO are putting all out efforts to assure supplyof electricity before January, 2019.