ISLAMABAD: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route’s the Northern Alignment (335km Khunjerab – Raikot Highway) has been completed with Chinese assistance.
State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Thursday apprised the National Assembly that the construction of CPEC route from Khunjrab to Gwadar is underway.
Replying to various questions during Question Hour, he said that the CPEC route consisted of a network of highways and Motorways and the government has allocated amounts for its various alignments including northern, eastern and western in the Public Sector Development Programmes (PSDP) 2015-16.
Giving a break-up, he said that an amount of Rs.20,500 million was earmarked for Thakot-Havelian 120 km (Phase-1), Rs.2300 million for construction of Burhan-Havelian Expressway (59.1 km), Rs 50,250 million for Multan-Sukkur Section (387 Km), Rs.20,000 for Lahore-Abdul Hakeem Mortorway, Rs.10,000 million for Islamabad-Mianwali-D I Khan section, Rs.2000 million for rehabilitation of D I Khan Mughalkot (50 Km), Rs.3000 Zhob Mughal Kot (81 km), Rs.2500 widening and improvement of N-85 Hoshab-Nag-Basima-Surab Road (459 Km) and Rs.2800 Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab section, Gwadar-Ratodero Road, Khuzdar Shahdakot-Ratodero.
To a supplementary question, Aftab Ahmed said that Karachi-Lahore Motorway would be competed in 30 months and the Prime Minister would inaugurate the project on December 19.
