Construction of Hyderabad Sukkur Motorway approved on BOT basis The long delayed Hyderabad Sukkur Motorway basis has been approved by the Executive Committee by government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The project project which was being executed by the Khan of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Built- envisages the construction of 6-lane with a total government on a Public Private Partnership Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. length of 8.7kms to be completed in three years. The project has been approved on a revised cost of Rs 308,194 million, with the government share of Rs10.3 billion (Rs9,500 million as capital viability gap fund (VGF), Rs300 million as the NHA estab- lishment charges, and Rs500 million as contingen- cies). This project will be executed by NHA and envisages construction of 306 kms long, six-lane wide, divided fenced road between Hyderabad and Sukkur. The Hyderabad Sukkur part of the motor- way is the only sector remaining to connect Pe- shawar to Karachi with Motorway. During the meeting of ECNEC, further develop- ment projects were also discussed and approved. The meeting considered and approved the construction of Lahore-Sialkot Motorway (LSM) link Highway (04- Lane) connecting LSM to Narang Mandi and Kar- tarpur Narowal including Narowal Eastern bypass at a revised rationalized cost of Rs17,379.949 million. Under this project 73-kms long 04-lane dual carriage- way, connecting Kartarpur with Lahore-Sialkot Mo- torway and Nankana will be built within 3 years. The meeting also approved the project on the construction of Northern section of Ring Road (missing link), from Warsak road to Nasir Bagh road with a cost of Rs16,489.198 million and fully funded and executed
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