ISLAMABAD: (APP) Executive Board of National Highway Authority (NHA) Thursday approved award of work to Frontier Works Organization (FWO) for the construction of Tarap-Kot Belian (Mianwali) section of western route of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The decision was taken in a meeting held at NHA head office. The 52 km long project will be completed in two years at a cost of Rs. 20 billion, said a press release issued Thursday.
The section is among five packages in which Hakla – DI Khan motorway has been divided. Work on other two sections, Yarik – DI Khan (55km) and Pindi Gheb – Tarap section (60 km) is already underway.
With Hakla – DI Khan motorway an important link of western route will be completed. The motorway will connect M-1 to Gwadar Port through Mughal Kot, Zhob, Quetta, Sorab and Hoshab.
Work on Zhob – Mughal kot section was started earlier this year with two year completion period. Whereas Zhob -Quetta and Quetta- Sorab sections have already been completed.
Western route passes through less developed parts of the country and government is committed to its early completion so that they may also become part of national development process.