Thursday, August 7, 2014

Eleven New Flyovers Expected for Multan Metro Bus Service


Multan Metro Bus


11 Flyovers to be construct on 37 KM long Multan metro bus route. Total length of these flyovers is 15 KM. Detail is as belows:
Northern bypass chowk flyover = 0.8 KM
Chungi no. 6 flyover = 0.8 KM
Chungi no. 9 (towards Humayun road) = 0.6 KM
Chungi no. 9 (towards chungi no. 8 & Kalma Chowk) = 2.7 KM
Double phatak Chowk flyover (towards vehari road) = 1.5 KM
Double Phatak Chowk flyover (Towards Nag Shah Chowk) = 1.0 KM
Chowk Shah Abbas flyover = 0.6 KM
Fish Market (Dolat Gate) = 1.1 KM
Chungi no. 14 (Hafiz Jamal Road) = 2.3 KM
BCG Chowk flyover = 1.6 KM
Vehari Chowk flyover = 1.9 KM

Jinnah Flyover Multan

Ahmad Shah Abdali's Birthplace Monument

Placed infront of Abdali Masjid and Cardiology Hospital on Abdali road is a monument which is usually ignored by the public and hardly anybody knows that it is a monument. Monument is made as a token, Multan as a birthplace of Emporer of Afghanistan, King Ahmad Shah Abdali.


Wednesday, August 6, 2014

PC-I of Multan Metro Bus Routes



From PC-I documents. Available on P&D website. Some links are broken.

Priority Corridor 1: It starts from Bahauddin Zakaria University and terminates at Kumharan Chowk passing through the major intersections of Northern Bypass, Chungi No. 6, Chungi No. 9, Fish Market, Daulat Gate, Chungi No. 14, BCG Chowk and Vehari Chowk. The approximate length is 18.5km with 20 stations.

Priority Corridor 2: It starts from BCG Chowk and terminates at Chungi No, 9 passing through Shahbaz Chowk, Chowk Gala Godaam, Double Phattak, SP Chowk, MBQ Chowk, Kalma Chowk, Katchery Chowk, and Chungi No. 8. The approximate length is 10.8km with 10 stations.

Priority Corridor 2 (Extension): It starts from Double Phattak and terminates at Nagshah with Askari Chowk in between. It has a length of approximately 7.5km with 7 stations.

Some of the details, giving idea where stations will be and how the route will be elevated or on ground:

Package 6 is elevated Vehari road to BCG Chowk routry 0.5Km, at grade from BCG Chowk to Shah Abbas Chowk 1.6Km, Flyover at Shah Abbass Chowk 0.8km, at grade section from Shah Abbass Chowk to Double Phattak 1.2km and 3 at grade stations.

Package 7 is at grade Shah Abbas Chowk to Double Phattak 1km, elevated Double Phattak to Hotel Al-Aziz 1.4km, at grade Hotel Al-Aziz to Muhammad Bin Qasim Chowk 1.5km, with 3 at-grade and 1 elevated station.

Package 9 is Nagg Shah to Double Phattak. Length 6.57 km with 6 at grade stations.

Economic benefits calculated at Rs 11,497 million in the first year, with an EIRR of 20.54%. Passengers per day 148,666 with 66 buses

Multan Metro Bus Stations




Complete Station List
  1. BZU
  2. Beacon House Station
  3. Ibn-ul-Qasim Station
  4. Northern Bypass Station
  5. Altaf Market Station
  6. Nasheman Colony Station
  7. Chungi No. 6
  8. Tehsil Chowk Station
  9. Chungi No.9 Station
  10. Qasim Fort Station
  11. Dolat Gate Station
  12. Aam Khass Bagh Station
  13. Manzoorabad Station
  14. Mumtazabad Station
  15. BCG Chowk Station
  16. People's Colony Station
  17. Vehari Chowk Station
  18. Jinnah Park Station
  19. Shah Rukn-e-Almam Station
  20. Kumharan Chowk Station
  21. BCG Station
  22. Mumtazabad Station
  23. Shah Abbas Chowk Station
  24. Ghala Godam Station
  25. Double Phatak Station
  26. SP Chowk Station
  27. MBQ Station
  28. Kalma Chowk Station
  29. Katchery Station
  30. Chungi No. 8 Station
  31. Nagshah Station
  32. Basti Kaayan Pur Station
  33. Suraj Kund Station
  34. Nawaz Sharif University Station
  35. Ibrahim Town Station
  36. Bilal Pura Station
  37. Farooq Pura Station
  38. Double Phattak Station









Multan Metro Bus PC 1 and Metro Stations Designs

 Multan Metro Bus PC 1 routes elevations and maps and Metro Stations Designs







Monday, August 4, 2014

List of Cemeteries in Multan

List of Cemeteries in Multan is huge, few of them are here under
  •     Haji Baghdadi Graveyard
  •     Chungi No 14 Graveyard
  •     Hassan Parwana Graveyard
  •     Peer Umer Graveyard
  •     Baba Piran Ghaib Graveyard
  •     Kotla Waris Shah Graveyard
  •     Zahid Shah Graveyard
  •     Masoom Shah Road Graveyard
  •     Nishtar Graveyard
  •     Pak Mai Graveyard
  •     Christian Graveyard
  •     Central Graveyard
  •     Sakhi Sultan Ali Akbar Graveyard
  •     Qasimpur Graveyard
  •     Wapda Graveyard
  •     Model Town Graveyard
  •     Basti Nau Graveyard
  •     Punjab Govt Servants Housing Foundation
  •     BZU Graveyard
  •     Rajput Graveyard
  •     Bhutta Graveyard
  •     Timber Market Graveyard
  •     Dera Basti Graveyard

Mandir Shah Majeed

 

 

MANDAR SHAH MAJEED

Monument
MANDAR SHAH MAJEED
Location
OPPOSITE THE ENTRANCE OF PHOOL HATTAN MOSQUE At the meeting place of Bazaar Chauri Sarai and CHOWK BAZAR
Status
LISTED BY EVACUEE PROPERTY TRUST BOARD
Owner
Evacuee Property Trust Board, Govt. of Pakistan (EPTB) (Non-Muslim Auqaf)
Use
FORMER: TEMPLE
PRESENT: REDUNDANT
Period / Date
CIRCA 1850/ 1944 (Wasti, 176-77)
Historical Notes
Limited information tells us that some 200-250 years back at this place was a platform (thalla/tharra) under a huge Pepal tree where used to meditate a saint called Shah Majeed. Both Muslims and Hindus used to pay their respect to him. When he died, he was buried on the same platform. Veneration continued and with passage of time the place started to be called Chowk Majeed. It continued to be so called in the municipal record of the year 1864 and 1884. The license for Taazia Kamangaran used to be issued “via Shah Majeed”. Wasti, author of Aina -i-Multan (1985) quotes and asserts that for quite some time there was a lot of Muslim property around this platform but gradually Hindus purchased the entire property. They built four walls around this platform. During the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1884, Hindus, placed idols on this platform and gradually, the Muslims forgot that a Muslim saint is buried under this platform and Hindus were encouraged to build a temple over it in 1944 however the structure still continues to be called as Mandar Shah Majeed.
Description / Main Features
The temple is made of white plaster finely completed to a marble like finish. It has a petit balcony above its entrance behind which stands the mandappa (main spire) of the temple. Inscriptions in Hindi are rendered in stucco work and so are the decorative motifs.
Access / Environs
Access is through Chowk Bazaar. The temple is situated at the corner of Bazaar and a street. Unfortunately much of the temples elegance has been obscured by a web of electrical wires and a cluster of transformers.
Present Condition
The temple is in a complete state of neglect but has withstood the onslaught of time. Some of its features still retain elegance.
INTERVENTIONS
There is no evidence of any repair having been carried out in any part of it after 1947.
Proposal
Remove encroachments and wires and transformers.
References
Wasti, 176-177.

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Environmental Notes

  • Mandar Shah Majeed
  • Vehicular Access / Parking
    The mandar is accessible through the bazaar roads; no parking is available.
  • Use of Space
    Use is commercial; the mandar has been occupied on all sides by shops and businesses.
  • Visitor Facilities
    None; it is not possible to access the original temple spaces as the interior has been completely occupied and sub-divided into shop space.
  • Electricity
    The shops have electricity; no meter found.
  • Sewerage
    OpeSewage from the occupying shops runs into open drains crossing the street in front of the mandar’s former entrance, along Chowk Bazaar and Hussain Agahi Bazaar.
  • Drainage
    Drainage enters the system of open drains.
  • Solid Waste
    Waste from occupying shops is thrown in the street corners for later collection.
  • Pavement and surfaces
    Adjacent road surfaces are blacktop.
  • External threats
    Partitioning and gutting of the interior of the mandar by occupiers; vandalism.
  • Condition
    Access to the monument was very limited; its lower portion is completely incorporated into encroaching shops.

Mandir Gopal Multan

 
 
Monument
MANDAR GOPAL
Location
KUP (CUP) BAZAR, KOOCHA MANDAR GOPAL
Status
NOT PROTECTED,
Owner
Evacuee Property Trust Board, Govt. of Pakistan (EPTB) (Non-Muslim Auqaf)
Use
FORMER: MANDAR
PRESENT: RENTED RESIDENCE
Period / Date
1938
Historical Notes
No information is available on the history of this temple. The 1990 survey of Multan Monuments by the MDA has recorded the date its construction as 1938 although the source of their information is not given.
Description / Main Features
This complex has two components namely an isolated temple with a vestibule and a huge building which looks like a dharamsala or residential area with its own sacred temple for local worship by the residents. The former is in complete ruins and is outside the residential area. The larger complex still retains some interesting elements that need preservation. The building is oblong running parallel to the out side street. All along the oblong courtyard there are double-storey buildings with a verandah running in front of the rooms. The verandah that runs all around the Courtyard comprises a series of multifold arches – each arch resting on top of two double columns with each double column resting on a single high base. Above the rows of arches there runs another series of grills of fine lattice work in marble. Those on the left hand side are the finest of all and most well-preserved. Behind this left hand side verandah is the main cell or sanctum of this monument currently being used as residence. This room is furnished with a beautiful false ceiling. There are some well preserved examples of stone work with figures of lions probably indicating this temple to be dedicated to the worship of Nari Singhpuri which for a long time remained the patron deity of the city of Multan. The building has a beautiful floor. Certain portions of the temple have undergone repairs by the residents which have deprived the temple of several original motifs.
Access / Environs
Located in Koocha Mandar Gopal near Deepal Sawan Kapoor in Kup Bazaar, in a private compound area.
Present Condition
Present condition is by no means satisfactory. There are a number of families among whom the built area has been rented out by the EPTB.
INTERVENTIONS
No serious intervention has apparently been carried out in any part of the Temple-complex except the losses/ damages occurring to the building due to it being rented out as private residences by EPTB.
Proposal
Building’s immediate need is vacation of the property from the residents and repairs for restoration.
References
Nil.

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Environmental Notes

  • Gopal Mandar
  • Vehicular Access / Parking
    There is vehicular access to the mandar and Gurdawara. Parking space is available on the street for several vehicles.
  • Use of Space
    The mandar is abandoned and filled with refuse; the Gurdawara adjacent is used as a residence and stable for buffalos.
  • Visitor Facilities
    None available.
  • Electricity
    Electricity is available and a KWH meter in place.
  • Sewerage
    Run off is down the slope towards the road and the bazaar.
  • Solid Waste
    Solid waste collects inside the building and around the mandar; some appears to be removed and dumped in streets nearby for later collection. The mandar itself is used as a garbage dump.
  • Pavement and surfaces
    Marble flooring of the Gurdawara; black top on the adjacent road surface.
  • External threats
    Vandalism; gross misuse of the monuments for garbage and animals. Additions to the upper building are a risk.
  • Condition
    The white marble of the temple has turned black due to smoke and filth. Most walls have separation cracks over openings and at corners; separation is noted in the upper courses over the portico. Notable bulge in wall at the entrance.

Dharamshala Bhai Dayal Singh Delhi Gate Multan




Dharamshala DAYAL SINGH
Monument
DHARMSHALA BHAI DYAL SINGH
Location
KUCHA DAYAL SINGH, INSIDE DELHI GATE
Status
NON PROTECTED.
Owner
Evacuee Property Trust Board, Govt. of Pakistan (EPTB) (Non-Muslim Auqaf).
Use
FORMER: DHARAMSALA.
PRESENT: PRIVATE DWELLINGS RENTED by EPTB.
Period / Date
LATE 19TH CENTURY - EARLY BRITISH PERIOD
Historical Notes
There is no evidence as to when precisely this Dharmsala was built and who was Dyal Sigh who built it. Only one reference to this institution could be traced out in the 1902 edition of the Multan District Gazetteer . In the subsequent edition of this Gazetteer published in 1926, even this brief reference has been dropped for unknown reason. According to the Compiler of 1902 edition, this complex was known as Dharmsala Bhai Dayal Singh. It was situated in the north–east of the city, maintained by a respectable group of Nirmala Sadhus and was patronized by several of the better classes of Hindus in the city. It contained a open hall, in which the Granth was suitably installed. As it has been named after a Sikh this Dharmsala must have basically belonged to the Sikh Community of Multan which is further supported by the many inscriptions within the structure which all reveal Sikh names. One inscription gives the name of Devidayal younger son of Hari Narayan Singh of Shuja Abad. Another inscription reads the name of Arjun Singh Qanungo, resident of Akal Garh Bikrami/ 1906 AD. One other inscription on a large marble slab scribed in English fixed on the wall is dedicated to Shri Mati Vira Bai, wife of Pokhar Dass, son of Lala Ganga Ram Chopra, who died on 13th June 1924. Still another inscription in black stone but Urdu script tells us that one Chandar Bhan Poj Patta Bhai Buta Mal , caste Sukheja, resident of Multan rendered some service for this building (tehl karai – in reward of service) in 1905 AD.
Description / Main Features
It was originally spread over a large area with entrance through a gate beyond which was a covered passage, traces of which still remain. The main building comprises a large hall with two attached wings on left and right – all the three sections are now under different occupations. The remaining property has also been parceled out among a group of tenants and occupants and clumsily overbuilt and ill-maintained. The only portion easily accessible and worthy of visit is the main central building. It is a fine example constructed of large size bricks. Various decorative features have been created either by cutting the bricks or by molding them. Projection and corner protuberances are particularly noteworthy. Brackets under the projections are made of peacocks, snakes and vegetable shapes. The façade is in the form of a half-octagonal with a rectangular hall behind. The remaining parts of the roof behind the façade shows that once it had a beautifully painted false ceiling, now preserved only over a small portion near the entrance. The hall has now been divided into various parts and used for different purposes. The floor is laid with marble slabs many among them carry inscriptions in Urdu English and Landai scripts which record the names of those who had rendered some service for this building. Some of the dedicatory slabs are fixed on the dado. Three even give dates of their dedications.
Access / Environs
It is a long walk from Delhi Gate to Mohalla Maharaja Ram, Ward No. 7, Kucha Dayal Singh.
Present Condition
Encroached by at least a hundred families for residential purposes, it is in very poor condition and difficult to access as additional structures and encroachments have been built around it. The left and right sides are damaged and new construction has completely destroyed the authenticity of the monument.
INTERVENTIONS
The numerous structures constructed within the premises have left little of the original.
References
District Gazetteer (Extracts), 348;

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Environmental Notes

  • Dharmshala Dayal Singh
  • Vehicular Access / Parking
    No access and no parking.
  • Use of Space
    Residential use; the building has been subdivided by numerous encroachments. Buffalo kept in part of the building.
  • Visitor Facilities
    None available.
  • Electricity
    Electricity is available with meters; dense wiring in front of the building.
  • Sewerage
    Open drains run along the gali in front of the building.
  • Drainage
    Run off is down the slope towards the main street to the west; there are areas outside the building of dampness collecting near the base of walls.
  • Solid Waste
    Solid waste is deposited in the lanes around the building; the area is littered and not kept clean.
  • Pavement and surfaces
    Street surface is PCC conglomerate; courtyard of dharamshalla is marble
  • External threats
    There are numerous structural cracks in the encroaching buildings abutting the monument which threaten the site.
  • Condition
    Cracks are visible throughout; there is overloading due to unauthorized building additions. There are cracks from the tops of all internal arches and openings. External walls have substantial cracks in upper portions in particular. The critical structural issue is the collapsing roof and upper parapet which are dangerous and in need of immediate action.




Shahi Eid Gah Mosque, Multan

Shahi Eid Gah Mosque, Multan. Built in 1735 by Nawab Abdul Samad Khan, the governor of Multan, this mosque boasts of a sprawling courtyard, a huge prayer chamber and seven domes. Its use of striking design elements such as mosaics and glazed tiles coupled with its distinctive colour palette which includes blue, green and white, distinguishes it from other mosques.