Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan has directed to review the Sialkot-Rawalpindi Motorway project and make it a six-lane motorway instead of four so that the needs of the next 50 years can be met.
He made the remarks while presiding over a high-level meeting of the National Highway Authority (NHA) in which pace of work was reviewed on various projects of the NHA in Balochistan, Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Khan directed that NHA should install live cameras on all its construction projects so that this construction work can be monitored anywhere at any time. He said that highways and motorways are our national assets so future needs should be kept in view in the context of growing population. He further said that we have to give priority to the construction of such roads which can benefit the country economically, as well.
The minister directed the NHA to implement phase-wise construction of the Rs. 150 billion N25 highway in Baluchistan. He also directed NHA to ensure third-party evaluation of repair projects of different roads so that the government funds are not wasted. He also directed NHA to contact the Gilgit-Baltistan government to solve the problems being faced with regard to means of communications there.