More than 50 parks in Islamabad restored

Published December 14, 2020
Capital Development Authority (CDA) has restored more than 50 parks, including F-9 Park, and installed portable toilets in them. — Photo by Muhammad Asim/File
Capital Development Authority (CDA) has restored more than 50 parks, including F-9 Park, and installed portable toilets in them. — Photo by Muhammad Asim/File

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has restored more than 50 parks, including F-9 Park, and installed portable toilets in them.

Tenders have been issued for uplifting of Srinagar Highway and Landscape of Golra Interchange. The fountains across the city will be restored soon.

According to detail, CDA’s work for repairing, restoration, and beautification of all the small and big parks of the city is underway. In the first phase the work in all big 50 parks including F-9 Park, I-8, I-9, I-10, G-9, G-10, G-11and others has been completed.

Tenders have been issued for work in all the other parks. Few tenders have been opened and work in few parks has been started.

The work includes repairing of swings, walking tracks, and green belts; plantation, cutting of dried wood and shrubs, anti dengue an anti coronavirus spray, etc.

Moreover, CDA’s department of environment will complete the work on restoration of fountains soon.

Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2020

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