Provincial Secretary Communications and Work (C&W) Kamber Dashti on Wednesday said that the importance of highways and connecting roads was very significant in the development and prosperity of the province. If the highways were strong and complete, it would have positive effects on the en-tire province, he expressed these views while presiding over the review meeting regarding the progress on the development projects of the ongoing road sector in the province.
Chief Engineer Officers of the three Circle Quetta, Khuzdar and Sibi Zone of the province and senior officials of the concerned department were also present in the meeting. It should be noted that Secretary C&W Kamber Dashti personally inspected various highways during his tour across the province and issued orders.
Among them, Sibi Tali Road Bakhtiarabad to Lahri Road Notal to Gandawa Road N 65 to Chithar Road N 65 to Manjushori, Ghafoorabad, Mir Wah-Shahi Chowki Faizabad Road, Usta Muhammad to Bagh Head Road Ghoshpur, Gandakha to Ghulam Mu-hammad Jamali Road Suhbatpur to Kashmore Phase One Khani Cross to Ziarat to Sanjawi Road Sanjawi to Loralai Road and Rakhni to Bekar Road are in-cluded.
Details of the progress on all these under-construction highways were taken by the Secretary. While giving instructions to the chief engineers of the three circles, Secretary C&W Kamber Dashti said that the speed of work on the ongoing projects should be accelerated and whatever firm or contrac-tor was not being worked when departmental action should be initiated against them.
He has given clear instructions that quality and transparency should be the first priority for all ongo-ing development projects in the province. He said that an effective and strong infrastructure and com-munication system is the guarantee of the develop-ment of Balochistan, the pace of work on all devel-opment projects should be speeded up so that the people could benefit from the fruits of these projects as well as the development process.
