An executive of a contracting company told The Express Tribune that all construction works near heritage sites had been halted since January 28, 2016, when the court issued the first stay order. Responding to a question, he said it was impossible to complete the metro train project before the general elections in 2018. It is a three-storey underground structure with tonnes of equipment and systems to control the entire metro train operations, but no work was initiated at the site yet due to the court’s stay order,” he said. “I believe metro train track will be ready from Dera Gujjran to Lakshmi Chowk by the end of March 2018. He was of the view that the completion of metro train project is dependent on works that will be carried out by Chinese engineers.

Source: The Express Tribune December 10, 2017 05:15 UTC