Birdhouse project to cost Rs60m

ISLAMABAD—The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has completed pre-qualification of firms for the construction of birdhouse (Bird Ivory) alongside the Rawal Lake.
Upto 7 firms submitted application in this respect out of which three have been selected. Tender of these three companies will be issued on Oct 15. Director Project Sanaullah Aman said that the construction work to establish birdhouse-measuring land of 4 acres would begin in first week of November and will be completed within 8 months.
The birdhouse will be akin to European style and upto 100 types of bird will be imported throughout the world especially from Australia and South Africa, he said. He said that the consultant firm of Lahore has prepared the design of birdhouse. The visitor will have to pass through specific ways to see birds and bridges will be constructed in this respect, he maintained. The Project will bear cost of Rs. 60 million.

—Agencies