Islamabad
The National Highway Authority (NHA) on Monday approved dualization of Nasai to Khanozai 65 kms and Khanozai to Kuchlak 53 kms sections of Zhob-Quetta National Highway, N-50.
The NHA authorities said that the two road projects will cost around 19.5 billion rupees and are likely to be completed within two and half years.
It should be mentioned here that the project is part of the western route of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC_ connecting Balochistan with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and on completion will change the destiny of the people of the area.
The NHA authorities further stated that in the second phase, work on the Zhob-Killa Saifullah section of N-50 will be started soon.—INP
