The National Highway Authority’s Executive Board has given the green light to the revised Project Concept-1 (PC-1) for the Sialkot-Narowal link road project.
According to reports, the four-lane road will be 73 kilometers long, linking Narowal and Narang Mandi to the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway (M-11) and reducing commuting time for vehicles from the border region.
The project is estimated to cost PKR 74 billion and is an extension of the M-11. The NHA has sent the revised PC-1 to the Ministry of Planning and Development and the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council for final approval.
In addition to the Sialkot-Narowal link road project, the NHA board approved the following projects:
- PKR 10.95 billion for the construction of Section III of the Chakdara-Chitral Road Project (N-45), which is a 48-kilometer-long stretch from Kalkatak-Chitral.
- PKR 2.60 billion for the Paharpur-BandKorai-Rodikhel-Sidra Morr (N-55) project, which is an 18-kilometer-long road.
- Installation of an Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) on the rest of the motorways as per Concession Agreements and Regular Agreements/Rules, etc.
- Release of the ‘Position Paper’ of the Indus Highway (N-55) Additional Carriageway Project, which is a 221.95-kilometer-long project from the Shikarpur-Rajanpur Section.
This is totally waste of money of the Pakistan. They are investing in such a projects which are non productive. Government should invest this money into productive projects. We are a country which is bond with huge debt. We must invest this huge capital amount into projects that creates jobs and enhance national GDP. Political member starts such kind of projects because they earn almost 50% kickback from such kind of projects. It is very shameful thing for all of us.
This is the utmost need of north Punjab depressed area like shakar garh narowal narang to reach well in time into the fruit and vegetables market and hundreds of thousands labour men students at respective places good decision by govt