Islamabad Women’s Bazar Demolished for Massive Infrastructure Project
The Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) has removed the temporary G-10 Women’s Bazaar, established on a green belt along the route … Read More The post Islamabad Women’s Bazar Demolished for Massive Infrastructure Project appeared first on ProPakistani .
The Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation has demolished the G-10 Women's Bazaar, a temporary market established along the route of the Eleventh Avenue infrastructure project. The decision to remove the market, which had been largely inactive for over five years, was made to clear the way for the major road development scheme. The market, initially announced in September 2021 by then Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, was completed in February 2022 at an estimated cost of Rs.
70 million to Rs. 70.8 million. Despite its original purpose to empower women by providing them with commercial spaces, the market never became fully operational, only operating for a single day. The location of the market, directly over the proposed right-of-way for Eleventh Avenue, made it an obstacle to the implementation of the development scheme.
The removal of the market is expected to facilitate progress on the Eleventh Avenue project and improve traffic flow in the federal capital.
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