The Public Private Partnership (PPP) PolicyBoard has approved construction of Link Road between M-9 and N-5 on PPP mode. This decision was taken in the PPP policy board meeting heldunder the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah here at CMHouse on Wednesday.
The meeting was attended by all the board members, Dr Azra Pechuho,Saeed Ghani, Nasir Shah, Murtaza Wahab, chief secretary Mumtaz Shah, chairmanP&D M. Waseem, SMBR, VC NED Dr SaroshLodhi, provincial secretaries, NajamShah, Kazim Jatoi, DG PPP Unit Khalid Shaikh, MD Water Board Asadullah Khan andothers.
The meeting was told that the 21.8 km Link Road between M-9 andN-5 needed to be reconstructed in PPP mode. In the last PPP policy board theproject was approved for investors solicitation. The board approved to award the contract to the bidder and sign concession agreement.
It was pointed out that the Karachi-Thatta road hasdeveloped some craters and has some issues, therefore the chief ministerconstituted a three-member committee comprising Chairman P&D Mohammad Waseem,VC NED Dr Sarosh Lodhi and Secretary works to visit the road and submit theirfindings and recommendations for private partner.
Hyderabad-MirpurkhasRoad: TheHyderabad-Mirpurkhas Dual Carriageway project is the first project of theprovince that is completed and operational since September 2012. The meetingwas told that Chingchi rickshaw or similar vehicles have replaced, to someextent, passenger cars and light good vehicles/delivery vans on the road. Theboard was requested that appropriate toll tax should be collected from suchvehicles.It was also pointed out that there some connecting roadsbeing used by the commercial vehicles to avoid toll tax. The policy board,keeping in view different factors, constituted a committee underAdvisor lawMurtaza Wahab, VC NED Dr Sarosh Lodhi and Secretary Finance to visit the roadand its connecting roads and submit their recommendations. However, it wasdecided to bring Chingchi into the toll tax net. Dhabeji
