ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government approved a new strategicmotorway project from Peshawar to Torkham with a total distance of 47.55kilometres.
Executive Committee of the National Economic Council has approved 47.55kmPeshawar-Torkham Motorway Project and interlinking of 220 kV Daharki, RahimYar Khan, Bahawalpur and Chishtian Grid Stations for improvement of powersupply system in southern areas.
The decisions were taken at a meeting of ECNEC in Islamabad on Wednesdaywith Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh inthe chair.
The ECNEC approved the construction of Karachi Urban Mobility to beexecuted by the Government of Sindh at a cost of 61.439 billion rupees. Theproject to be funded mainly by the World Bank would cover a distance of 21kms.
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The ECNEC also approved with a proviso for formation of a coordinationcommittee between the federal government and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwagovernment for overview and fiscal discipline, the construction ofPeshawar-Torkham Motorway Project as component-1 of Khyber Pass EconomicCorridor at a rationalised cost of 36.705 billion rupees.
The meeting also approved component-II “Economic Development and Upift ofAreas Adjoining the Motorway” for which the Framework Agreement tofacilitate preparation and feasibilities through World Bank had been agreedat a total cost of 8.357 billion rupees.
