ISLAMABAD: On the special directives by Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has completed most of the road, which connects Gwadar port with the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route.
Despite of major challenges, the FWO’s 11 units completed 502 kilometres out of 870km road in less than one and half year. According to FWO, security, harsh weather, rugged mountainous terrain and remoteness of the area were some of the major challenges against this gigantic and testing project of national importance.
In the line of duty, FWO has sustained 16 Shaheed (6 military personal and 10 civilian employees) and 29 severely injured in 136 security related incidents, sacrifices which are duly recognised by the entire nation for noble national cause.
Construction of these roads will link Gawadar Port with up country by multidimensional routes i.e Chaman through N-25, Dera Ismail Khan through N-50 and Indus Highway N-55.
Average progress of work is approximately 1.5 kilometers per day on international standards which is unprecedented in field of road construction throughout the world.
