South Korea has already pledged $78 million for the Malakand tunnel construction.
The National Highway Authority (NHA) will build the Malakand tunnel to shorten distance for travellers belonging to Dir, Malakand, Swat and adjacent areas and provide Pakistani goods an easy access to the Central Asian states, an official of NHA said on Wednesday.
South Korea has already pledged $78 million for the Malakand tunnel construction project through the Economic Development Cooperation Fund, he added. The
Malakand tunnel project will also reduce pressure of traffic on the Torkham road because it will link Dir and Chitral with Tajikistan and other Central Asian states.
The recommended alignment envisages Dargai as a starting point of the tunnel and Batkhela as the end point.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 28th, 2013.
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