Punjab govt to compensate land owners affected by Orange Line Train project: Shahbaz

Punjab govt to compensate land owners affected by Orange Line Train project: Shahbaz
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Summary Shahbaz Sharif said no unjust would be tolerated in this regard.

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday assured that Punjab government would compensate land owners affected by Orange Line Train project.

While addressing at civil secretariat via video link in Lahore, CM Shahabz stated that the issue of giving profit to the land owners in Orange Line Train project has been completely inspected.

The victims would be given additional amount for bearing expenses related to shifting of residence and business loss.

He said no unjust would be tolerated in this regard.

Earlier, the incumbent government along with Punjab government had signed a project with Chairman of the Chinese National Development Reforms Commission regarding construction of an Orange Line Train in Lahore so that the metropolis will depict a mélange of the traditional and the modern.

The project will cost $1.6 billion and it will complete within 27 months. The train route will be 27.1 kilometer long, spread from Ali Town to Thokar Niaz Baig, from Multan Road to Scheme Mor, Chowburji, MAO College, Mall Road, Laxmi Chowk and Railway Station, from Garhi Shahu Bridge to GT Road and UET and from Pakistan Mint to Dera Gojran.

The Orange Line Train is said to be the common man’s transportation that will move through places where people with low income and living standards are spending lives.