ISLAMABAD: The federal government has released Rs 60,695 million (about Rs 61 billion) for National Highway Authority (NHA) under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) till May 20.
A sum of Rs 20,000 million has been released for Lahore-Abdul Hakeem Section (230km) of Karachi-Lahore Motorway, while Rs 5,220 million have been released for 387km Multan-Sukkur Section of the KLM, official sources told APP.
As much as Rs 2740 million have been released for Thakot to Havelian 120 km (Construction of Phase-I of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) while Rs 3,000 million have been released for land acquisition, the sources said.
According to sources, Rs 2,000 million have been released to ensure timely completion of Lowari Tunnel & Access Roads in District Dir. A total Rs 460 million have been released for the construction of bridge over Indus River at Qazi Ahmed Amri including Skrand Bypass (Nawab Shah), Rs 190 million have been released for construction of bridge across River Chinab linking Shorkot and Garh Maharaja in Jhang district.
For the construction of 57km section of Faisalabad-Multan Motorway including land acquisition, a total Rs 440 million have been released under PSDP-2015-16. For the construction of 200km Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab Section of M-8, a total Rs 560 million have been released. For the widening & improvement of Hoshab-Nag-Basima-Surab Highway (N-85) Rs 2,500 million have been released, the sources said.
