KARACHI: About 582.56-kilometre roads have been constructed with a Japanese grant of Rs8.87 billion.
This was revealed by Works and Services Department Secretary Aijaz Memon during a meeting chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah. The secretary said that Sindh Road Improvement Project is being launched for $197.8 million with the assistance of Asian Development Bank. The ADB will provide 87 percent funding while the Sindh government is bearing 13 percent cost of the project.
He said that under the project 328 kilometre roads would be constructed, including 67 km Tando-Mohamamd Khan – Badin Road, 55 km Digri-Naukot, 64 km Khyber-Sanghar via Tando Mohammad Khan, 63 km Sanghar-Mirpurkhas via Sindhi Road, 36 km Sheranpur-Ratodero Road and 44 km Thul-Kandhkot Road.
Giving district wise break up, he told the chief minister that under the project 28.79 km has been constructed in Thatta district, 39.996 km in Dadu/Jamshoro, 17.28 km in Hyderabad, 73.212 km in Larkana/Shahdadkot, 71.59 km in Shikarpur, 183.9 km in Khairpur, 103.15 km in Jacobabad/Kandhkot and 10.57 km road in Sukkur districts have been completed.
