'Sahiwal to get dual expressway'

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has said Sahiwal will be linked to Lahore-Karachi motorway via a two-way expressway from Sahiwal to Samundri interchange next year.

Speaking at the ground[1]breaking ceremony to carpet 8-kilometre long Sahiwal by[1]pass in Sahiwal on Thursday, he said the Rs9 billion scheme will be included in the Annual Development Programme of the next fiscal budget of Punjab, adding the government is focused on the completion of development projects so that promised with the masses are fulfilled.

Sarwar said, on the special intervention of Prime Minister Imran Khan, repair and carpeting of Lahore-Sahiwal GT Road scheme has started which will cost Rs3.059 billion and will be completed by June 2022 in phases.

Vice chairman Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) Punjab Waseem Ramey, PTI leaders Rai Hassan Nawaz, Sheikh Muhammad Chohan and Ali Shakoor Khan, General Manager (GM) National Highway Authority (NHA) Iftikhar Ahmad Sajid, Chairman Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority Dr Shakeel Ahmad, and others were present on the occasion.

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Lauding the initiatives of Federal Minister for Communications Murad Saeed, the governor said work on the project for construction and repair of all GT roads in Punjab has started, adding that a motorway from Samundri to Sahiwal is on the cards which will connect Sahiwal to the Lahore[1]Karachi Motorway and save time besides promoting trade and business.

 “GT Road is the backbone of country's economy as 70% transport relies on it, adding that the carpeting of Lahore[1]Sahiwal GT Road will cut down the travelling time by half an hour.”