Re: Karachi-Lahore Motorway foundation stone laid
Muqawwee pai jaan … plz dont quote some local biased newspaper as an authentic source as massive roads connectivity in different phases is going on in whole Pakistan. There may be delay in funds allocation but blaming Lahore development/funds diversion as an excuse for incompetency of Sindh Govt is not right :halo:
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Govt working on projects for poverty alleviation**
**** Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, KP, GB, Azad Kashmir being connected through a network of high quality roads and highways, official sources reveal***
- APP
- March 07, 2016
ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) is vigorously working on road infrastructure projects worth billions of rupees to reduce poverty, said official sources on Sunday.
According to reports, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Kashmir are being connected through a network of high quality roads and highways to help accelerate socio-economic development in the country.
The Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) allocation to National Highway Authority (NHA) was raised from Rs 50 billion in 2011-12 to Rs 112 billion in 2014-15 as transport infrastructure can contribute towards economic growth and social development.
NHA is developing infrastructure projects through private sector on Build Own Operate (BOO) and Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis. Three such projects worth Rs 91 billion would generate Rs 366 billion over the concession period.
A number of road connectivity projects have also been launched to reap maximum economic and social benefits.
The 136-kilometre Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway with 16 exits is being constructed with Rs 24 Billion.**
The project, which was inaugurated last year, was expected to complete within 2.5 years. The M-9 will later be linked to the Karachi-Lahore and Karachi-Gawadar Motorways to constitute the longest area in the motorway network.
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Motorway E-35 (Burhan-Havelian) was inaugurated on November 29, 2014. The link is part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) agreement. The 60-kilometre long expressway will reduce the drive time from Islamabad to Havelian in just 30 minutes and also facilitate Havelian Dry Port project.
Sialkot-Lahore Motorway project began from Saahowala-Sambrial and lead to Lahore along the banks of two local main canals namely Marala-Ravi-Link (MR Link) Canal through Motra-Daska and Bambaanwala-Ravi-Baidian (BRB) Canal Daska.
Over Rs 20 billion signal-free corridor of Islamabad Highway envisages conversion of 24-kilometre Expressway from Zero Point to GT Road Rawat besides addition of lanes to ease traffic congestion.
Work on Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway and Khanewal-Lahore Motorway would be completed soon.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated second section of the M4 motorway, which will stretch from Faisalabad to Multan upon completion.
Likewise, Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad Motorway is being planned to be converted from existing four lanes into a six-lane motorway. A good road may be built to connect Okara and Bahawalpur with Karachi-Lahore Motorway.
The projects under CPEC comprise modern highways and railway transportation system linking Kashgar in West China to Khunjrab in the north and onwards to Karachi and Gawadar in the south of Pakistan through multiple routes.
Meanwhile, National Highway Authority (NHA) is set to start construction of 1,274 kilometre road projects with the cost of Rs 878 million.
Various road infrastructure projects are also in different phases including Karachi- Hyderabad Motorway (M-9) of 136 Kilometres; Hoshab-Basima-Sorab Road of 454 Kilometres, Khuzdar-Ratodero Road (143 Km),Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab Road of 193 Kilometres.
The M4 Motorway is divided into four segments that include the 58 kilometres Faisalabad-Gojra section, which has already been opened for traffic; the 62 kilometres Gojra-Shorkot section is expected to be completed by 2019, the 64 kilometre Shorkot-Dinpur section and the 45 kilometre Khanewal-Multan section.