Gilgit: The treasury members and opposition representatives of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly have passed a unanimous resolution demanding the federal government to construct tunnels on Gilgit-Skardu Road in order to avoid road blockage in land-slide prone areas, a news source reported on April 13.
Frequent road blockage on the difficult terrains was to be addressed by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO). The resolution mentioned that the centre awarded the PKR 33 billion contract to FWO for the reconstruction of the Gilgit-Skardu Road and the organization had agreed to construct tunnels in the rock-fall and landslide-prone areas. The organization, however, didn’t construct the proposed tunnels, read the resolution that MPA Mehmood Ismail tabled.
Via this resolution, the members of the GB Assembly have demanded the centre to ensure the construction of 8 tunnels on different parts of the Gilgit-Skardu Road.
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