ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa has announced that the Manshehra-Thakot Expressway had been formally opened for traffic.
On a social media website Twitter, he said “The 80 KMs two-way Mansehra-Thakot Expressway has been opened for traffic.” Highway police and toll staff had also been deployed at the road, he added.
Asim Bajwa, who is also Chairman of the CPEC Authority, said, “It is an extension of 40 KM Havelian-Mansehra four-lane motorway.” An amount of Rs 136 billion was spent on the project.
Before opening Police and Toll plaza staff deployed on Mansehra- Thakot Road. Been decided to add up cost of Security in PC-1 for each highway/motorway project #cpec #CPECMakingProgress #pakistanmakingprogress pic.twitter.com/PCHY3tpYdJ
— Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimSBajwa) July 28, 2020
Earlier, Asim Saleem Bajwa said that the Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway project would bring a socio-economic revolution for interior Sindh.
In a tweet, Asim Bajwa said that the 306 kilometers Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) had been approved in the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) which will be executed on Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis.
He said after completion of this project, the CPEC Eastern route (Peshawar-Karachi) will also be completed. He added that the project would also connect east Balochistan to the motorway network.
306 KMs Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway(M-6)approved in ECNEC on BOT basis(preferred fin model),will contribute to construction boom,socio-economic revolution for interior Sind,Complete Psr-Kci Eastern Route,also link East Balochistan to entire Motorway network #pakistanmakingprogress
— Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimSBajwa) July 18, 2020
The motorway is proposed to be a high-speed toll road facility for efficient and safe transportation, which will start from Hyderabad (end of Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway M-9) and terminates at Naro Canal (Start of Sukkur-Multan Motorway M-5).
The project alignment passes through Jamshoro, Tando Adam, Hala, Shahdadpur, Nawabshah, Moro, Dadu, Naushahro Feroze, Mehrabpur, Rasoolpur, Larkana, Khairpur and Sukkur.
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