CM Usman Buzdar visits Firdous Market Underpass project

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar paid a surprise visit to the Firdous Market Underpass project without protocol as the administration and authorities remained unaware about his visit.

Usman Buzdar himself drove to the site and inspected the construction work and talked to labourers working on the project. The chief minister directed to complete the project on the stipulated time and said the earliest completion of the underpass would provide better transportation facilities to the citizens. He said that the underpass was a dual carriageway from both sides and 540 meter long.

He said that the government had saved Rs 130 million in the construction cost through transparent tendering. Usman Buzdar said that he was personally monitoring progress of the important project and would revisit the site.