Lower Dir: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Saadat Hassan on Wednesday ordered the authorities concerned to expedite the completion of Dir Bridge, according to a news source. He expressed his views on the matter during a visit to the project site along with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority (KPHA) deputy director.
Hassan issued these directives to the contractors so that the traffic flow through the Timergara city could resume smoothly. He also reiterated that the work’s quality should not be compromised in any case.
The construction of Dir Bridge was approved as a project in January 2018, at a cost of PKR 375 million. The residents of Bajaur and Jandol in Lower Dir were highly anticipating this bridge, due to its previous collapse in April 2016 due to flooding. They stated that heavy vehicles were not allowed on the existing temporary steel structure, which meant that there was extra traffic on the Timergara and Balambat Roads, creating issues for the city. Once this bridge is completed, the traffic flow will be rerouted to the Dir Bridge.
