For convenience : Phase-II of Mehran Highway to finish by Nov

Extension work on the bridge over Sikhan Nullah is also under way.

KARACHI:

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Saqib Ahmed Soomro has said that phase-II of the Mehran Highway will be completed in November as all encroachments from the site have been removed.

He was visiting the highway’s site along with the director-general of KMC’s technical services, Niaz Soomro. The administrator said the second phase of this project involved the construction of a six-kilometre road from Labour Chowrangi to Port Qasim Road. A storm water drain was also being built alongside the main highway and the bridge’s extension work on Sikhan Nullah is also under way.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 12^th, 2013.