Pakistan

Nawaz to open motorway section on 3rd

At present, the government is spending Rs1,200 billion on various roads infrastructure

Our Correspondent February 02, 2017

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pictured alongside senior PML-N leaders. PHOTO: PPI

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will inaugurate the completed section of the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9) on February 3, the premier’s office announced in a press statement on Wednesday.

The 75-kilometre section of M-9 which has been completed includes four interchanges – Dadabhoy Interchange, Industrial Valley Interchange, Nooriabad Interchange and Thano Bola Khan Interchange.

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These interchanges will provide access to various areas including Kirthar National Park, Jhampeer, Lake Keenjhar and Thano Ahmed Khan. Five bridges and two trauma centres – at Nooriabad and Damba Goth – have also been completed as part of this section.

Work on the 136km Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway project was begun on Sept 17, 2016, and is expected to be ready by March 17, 2018 at a cost of Rs36 billion. Construction work has also been started on a 120km patch including interchanges, five bridges, 197 km service road and plantation on 40km.

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At present, the government is spending Rs1,200 billion on various roads infrastructure, which, it claims, will change the economic outlook of the country.

The under-construction motorway projects include Thakot-Havelian, Lahore-Abdul Hakeem (M-3), Sukkur-Multan Motorway (M-5), Gojra-Shorkot and Shorkot-Khanewal. Upon completion of these projects, the total length of the motorways will reach 2,000 km.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 2^nd, 2017.

COMMENTS (10)

Sultan Mahmood | 7 years ago | Reply Every child in pakistan must be provided with proper free education.

Muneer | 7 years ago | Reply @pervaiz.: From my personal experience condition,education and health facilities,even within city and intra city transport system were far better before first motorway than in Feb 2017.

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Dr. Ismail Nami | 7 years ago | Reply Please correct ... the work started in August 2015 and is expected to complete by June 2017.

MSOOMRO | 7 years ago | Reply These so called 4 interchanges claimed to be part of this 70-75km are NOT at all in any state of operations, they are STILL under construction. Also 2 bridges out of said 5 bridges were not fully operational by past weekend, its seems PM is coming to open the M-9 with lot of makeup by NHA/FWO. Further remaining part of this motorway will take good min. 6 more months minimum to complete.

pervaiz. | 7 years ago | Reply @IMDAD ALI: When there were no motorways in Pakistan during PPP or Military rules, what was condition of Hospitals and schools do you remember, not better than today when here is now motorways.

taxzu | 7 years ago | Reply Correction work started in 2015 not 2016. August 2015 to be exact.

Mujtaba | 7 years ago | Reply I travel every week from Karachi to Hyderabad and Hyderabad to Karachi as I work in Karachi and my family is Hyderabad. Only 40 Kms have been completed from Lucky cement to Thana Bula Khan. Work has just started from Sohrab Goth to Lucky Cement. This is just a election stunt from the prime minister.

IMDAD ALI | 7 years ago | Reply Motorways are good projects for those countries which are developed. In our province public schools display shambles look and public hospitals display slaughter houses. both institutes play pivotal rule in the daily life of common people but both facilities are not being provided to the poor. Private schools run to mint money as like private health centers. Those who are financially sound put their children into private schools whose fees are far from the approach of a common men. gone the days when there was hope of justice but now this word seems dream only and it seems written best in the books only. Buildings, roads and other projects shall not bring change in our society or life unless the quality education is provided to all without discrimination. Each department of the country has been hub of corruption. Age of country has been 70 years but still we have hope that one day WADPA shall be corruption free. This shows complete failure of state policies. Police is politicized. Govt seems fail to control quality control and prize control due to not control over both things common men has been prey of substandard eating things and seems compelled to purchase costly things as they now that no one is available to listen their complain. there is dearth of civic facilities in cities and towns. garbage is not removed timely causing skin diseases for the people. Justice is auctioned. Respect is not safe. Allah may help us otherwise we have not hope in rulers.

bashir gul | 7 years ago | Reply Well! Well! Well, so we got a motorway of some sort or is it a super highway. But look at the toll charges, ALMOST 10 TIMES MORE that the present charge. This is how PMN-L government is minting money from the people of Sindh. In Punjab, Metro, Orange Line are subsidized. Now we in Sindh will pay through our noses and the transport mafia will also mint millions because they not increase the fare proportionately to the toll. Imagine, the so-called motorway is still not complete and they are charging exorbitant toll charges.

SNKN | 7 years ago | Reply It's part of the major Motorway connectivity plan.... Well done Pakistan

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