City Reporter
Chairman National Highway Authority Capt (Retd) Muhammad Khurram Agha held E-Kachehri at headoffice of the Authority through NHA official Facebook Page and answered to the questions raised by the people from all over the country.
Chairman National Highway Authority said they are endeavouring to improve maintenance of the roads and gear up pace of work on motorways and national highways building schemes to ensure their timely completion.
Speaking about Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway, he said, land acquisition work is underway, while steps are being taken for early start of work on this project.
In order to facilitate the road users, Balkasar-Mianwali road is being repaired. Sambrial-Kharian project has been tendered while design and feasibility work on Kharain-Rawalpindi project is in progress.
He said, steps are being taken to start work on Barakahu Flyover project, for smooth flow of traffic there.
Giving answers to the questions placed by the people, Chairman National Highway Authority Capt ® Muhammad Khurram Agha said, upgradation and dualisation of Balkasar-Mianwali-Muzaffargarh road will be undertaken on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis.
NHA is also planning to control traffic congestion at Abbottabad. He said, priority is being attached to road maintenance schemes in Sindh Province.
He expected that work on Kashmore-Bypass will be started by end of this year with the cooperation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
