Islamabad: The National Highway Authority (NHA) Executive Board has approved the Muzaffarabad-Mansehra Link Road Project Concept-1 (PC-1) at a cost of PKR 44.72 billion, news sources reported on April 17. The project will be approved in its entirety by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) and the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).
Reportedly, NHA Chairman Capt. (Retd.) Muhammad Khurram Agha presided over the board meeting and approved the 26.6-kilometre-long project that will be developed under the China-Pakistan-Economic-Corridor (CPEC). In addition to this, the board also approved various other development road infrastructure projects that include:
PKR 28.396 billion PC-1 of the 69.7-kilometre-long Sui – Kashmore Highway
PKR 506 million consultancy agreement for construction supervision and design review of Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar; Section of M-8 Project and Section-2 (168 kilometre-long) from Awaran to Naal to “M/s Zeeruk International (Pvt.) Ltd. in JV with M/s Associated Consulting Engineers-ACE Ltd., M/s Prime Engineering & Testing Consultants (Pvt.) Ltd. and M/s Effective Engineering Expertise (Pvt.) Ltd.”
The board also approved a few changes in the second revised PC-I for completion of the remaining works of the second carriageway of 74.676-kilometre-long Torkham-Jalalabad Road Afghanistan.
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