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ISLAMABAD
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved four projects, worth Rs289 billion, for construction of national highways in different parts of the country. The ECNEC, which met here on Thursday with Prime Minister’s Advisor on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the chair, gave go-ahead to many road projects.
They include construction of 306-km long Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway at a cost of over Rs165 billion, 47.55-km Khyber Pass Economic Corridor Project at a cost of over Rs77 billion, 146-km Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar section of M-8 project, and land acquisition for Swat Motorway Phase-II at a cost of Rs20 billion. The Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway project to be completed on Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis envisages construction of 306 kilometers long, six-lane wide, access-controlled motorway.
