["","ECNEC approves multiple projects for improvement of road networks ECNEC in its recent meeting approved multiple presided over the meeting which was also attended hancing the country's transportation infrastructure, projects for development of road infrastructure by Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar, Planning fostering economic development, and improving con- in the country. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Minister Ahsan Iqbal, special assistants to Prime nectivity between different regions in Pakistan. Minister Tariq Bajwa and Tariq Pasha besides fed- eral secretaries and provincial representatives. ECNEC approved the Lahore Ring Road-South- ern Loop (SL-3) Construction of the Road from Rai- wind Road up to Multan Road at a total cost of Rs17.786bn without FEC. The project is to be en- tirely financed by the Government of Punjab through its annual development plan. The construction of the Khawazakhela-Besham Expressway (48Km) was also approved at a cost of Rs79.131bn without FEC. The project is to be exe- cuted by National Highway Authority (NHA) in the districts of Shangla and Swat of KPK Province. The project is to be financed entirely through Federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). The project will be completed in four years and seven months and would connect Khwawzakhela on N-95 Highway to Besham on N-35. The meeting also approved the Lahore-Sahiwal- Bahwalnagar Motorway (295 Kms) Phase \u2013I at a cost of Rs263.796bn to be executed in districts Ba- hawalpur, Kasur, Lahore, Okara, Pakpattan and Sahiwal. The project is to be financed through the Federal PSDP. These projects are significant milestones in en-"]
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