PR No.229
ACCELERATING THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT WORKS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HOUSING AUTHORITY (FGEHA)
Islamabad: November 26, 2021

On the directions of Minister for Housing and Works, Mr. Tariq Bashir Cheema, Secretary Housing & Works, Dr. Imran Zaib Khan and Director General, Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA), Mr. Tariq Rashid, the pace of development works has been accelerated so that modern facilities could be provided to the Federal Government Employees in shortest possible time. In this regard, the Director General and Chief Engineer, FGEHA visited the Kashmir Avenue Apartments, G-13 Chaklala Heights and Skyline Apartments, Islamabad. The staff present on the sites briefed the Director General, FGEHA and informed that there are 3432 apartments in the Chaklala scheme, while the Skyline Apartments comprise a total of 3945 units. As per Directives of the Director General, FGEHA, to ensure quality and timely completion, construction works on both the schemes is going at an accelerated pace. At Chaklala Heights, the construction of apartments is also going on at an accelerated pace. This Authority is trying hard to provide the residential facilities to the allottees in a shortest possible time. Besides these projects, FGEHA is also launching other housing projects for the Federal Government Employees and other segments of Society. For this purpose, advertisement for expression of interest for land sharing have already been published in various leading newspapers of Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Faisalabad, Multan, Quetta and Peshawar. The Director General, FGEHA, was further apprised that 1467 apartments are also being constructed at Kashmir Avenue. The Authority, asked the staff working on the site that all these projects should be completed well on time and where necessary the construction works may be carried out in two shifts to achieve the targets. Moreover, The Authority, also visited the ongoing projects in Lifestyle Residency G-13, Sector G-15/3, Sector F-14 and F-15 and asked for the timely completion of these projects. Furthermore, the Authority for the first time has started supplying potable water in the Sector G-14/4 through the recently completed water supply system. Previously, potable water in this sector was supplied solely by private tankers.

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