F.P. Report
PESHAWAR: The ground breaking ceremony for Construction of Multi story Parking Plaza for lawyers and litigant public in Peshawar was held. Hon’ble the Chief Justice Peshawar High Court, all the Honorable Justices of the Peshawar High Court, Registrar and Principal Staff of the High Court, Secretary P&D, Secretary Law, Secretary C&W Departments, Presidents and General Secretaries of Pakistan Bar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar, High Court Bar and District Bar Associations were present on the occasion.
In his address the Honorable the Chief Justice shared that vehicles parking was one of the long standing issue of the Peshawar High Court and District Court at Peshawar.The existing 7.85 kanal car parking could hardly accommodate 200 vehicles.
According to a feasibility study more than 1000 vehicles daily parked on the main road, open spaces in the near vicinity of the High Court building., causing traffic congestion, sometimes road blockages and inconvenience to the lawyers, litigants and general public.
In order to address the parking, issue a project was included in the Annual Development Programme of the Peshawar High Court. Accordingly, need assessment and survey were conducted through Consultancy Firm. The only solution suggested by the consultancy firm was construction of a multi storey parking plaza on the existing 7.85 kanal parking lot of the Peshawar High Court. The project was technically analyzed by the P&D Department and was approved by the PDWP at a cost of Rs 1997 million.
The project envisages construction of 7 storey parking plaza equipped with modern technology of vehicle management and will be first of its kind in the country. The parking plaza will be completed within three years’ time and will resolve the long standing vehicles parking issue of the Peshawar high court
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