ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt. Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Saturday said that the Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway project would bring socio-economic revolution for interior Sindh.
In his tweet, Asim Bajwa, who also heads of China Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority, said that the 306 kilometers Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) had been approved in 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 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
Earlier this week, ECNEC approved four projects worth Rs. 289 billion for construction of national highways in different parts of the country.
The meeting was chaired by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh discussed and approved the projects.
READ MORE: ECNEC approves Rs. 289 billion motorways, road projects
It includes construction of 306-km long Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway at a cost of Rs 165.679 billion, 47.55-km Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) project at a cost of Rs 77.907 billion, 146-km Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar Section of M-8 Project, and land acquisition for Swat Motorway Phase-II at a cost of Rs 20 billion.
The Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway project to be completed on Built Operate Transfer (BOT) basis envisages construction of 306 km long, 6-lane wide, access-controlled motorway.
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, Larakana, Khairpur and Sukkur.
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