Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway completion status

Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway completion status

ISLAMABAD: Construction work on 285-kilometer long Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway is in full swing.

An official of National Highway Authority told that the project which is part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor's (CPEC) western route to be completed next year at a cost of 129 billion rupees.

The motorway includes provision of eleven interchanges, nineteen flyovers, fifteen bridges, seventy-four underpasses, and three major bridges.

About 25 per cent work of package-I (Yarik-Rehmai Khel) having total length of 55 kilometers has been completed whereas the section would be completed in September next year at a cost of 13.3 billion rupees.

Link roads are also being constructed to connect far flung areas of various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to fully utilize fruits of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).