ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): Construction work of 296 km
Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway is expected to start before June next year
subject to receiving a workable proposal.
An official of National Highway Authority told APP Wednesday
that Expression of Interest (EOI) were invited from interested
parties to qualify potential bidders for inviting bids for the project
in October which have been submitted.
It is worth mentioning that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave in
principle approval for the construction of Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway
in August and issued directives to the Chairman NHA to start work on
the project in March 2017.
Hyderabad-Sukkur project to be constructed on Build-Operate-
Transfer (BOT) basis has estimated cost of over Rs 160 billion.
The motorway project starting from Sukkur will touch
Khairpur,Nowshehro Feroze,Nawab Shah, Mitiari,Hala and Jamshoro and
terminate at Hyderabad.
The motorway forms part of Peshawar-Karachi Motorway (PKM)
which will be key part of trade corridor linking ports of Karachi
and Gwadar with China, Afghanistan and Central Asian States.
All the segments of PKM have either been completed or awarded
for construction except the Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway link of PKM
section.
National News
Construction work of Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway likely to start before next June
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