ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): Pakistan Railways has directed the
authorities concerned to ensure construction of 180 new residential flats for employees before June.
Under the project, residential flats would be constructed in several cities including the provincial capitals to provide housing facilities to the employees, an official in the Ministry of Railways told APP.
He said the flats would be of class- III and class- IV that would
be constructed in Lahore, Narowal and Karachi with estimated cost of
Rs. 640 million.
The flats were being constructed by railway’s subsidiary
organization Railcop and a private company, which won bid for the
lowest rate in an open tender, the official added.
In Lahore, he said the flats were being constructed at Stadium
Road in Ghari Shahu, Yard Area in Narowal and I.I. Chundrigar Road
in Karachi.
Giving details of the flats, the official said that in
Narowal, 12 flats of class- III and 24 of class IV were being
constructed.
He said that in Lahore, 48 flats of class III and IV were
being constructed, while in Karachi 16 class- III and 32 class- IV
flats would be constructed.