Faisalabad-Multan Motorway: Gilani to perform ground-breaking on August 18

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MULTAN (August 17 2009): Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani will perform the ground-breaking of Faisalabad-Multan Motorway (M-4) on August 18 (Tuesday). It is officially stated here on Sunday. National Highway Authority (NHA) spokesman has said that work on Faisalabad-Multan Motorway (M-4) will start soon after the inauguration and the project would be completed in three years.

With the completion of M-4 the people will have motorway facility from Peshawar up to Multan. He said that NHA was diligently working to implement the National Trade Corridor concept that envisaged a network of motorway and expressways all across Pakistan. He said that the government had released funds required for land acquisition on Khanewal-Lodharan Expressway (E-5).

The spokesman also said the revised PC-1 for Karachi Northern Bypass and recommended it for approval by CDWP and the ECNEC. The project would cost Rs 5.4 billion. The spokesman informed that under the Multan package, the government was paying special attention to development projects in southern part of Punjab province. He said that NHA had completed the design work for Head Mohammad Wala Bridge and work on the project was being done.

He said the project would bring numerous benefits to the people of Multan and other cities. He said the bridge would reduce the distance by 40-km between Khushab and Multan besides providing linkages with Mianwali, Rangpur. He said that efforts were being made to complete the projects in time and at the minimum possible cost.

He also apprised the meeting about various steps NHA had taken to improve the safety of the road users and to modernise the process of toll collection on national highways.

Distance from Faisalabad Motorway to other cities Chiniot: 47 KM, Toba Tek Singh, 77 Km, Hafizabad: 94 KM, Sargodha: 90 KM, Lahore: 143 KM, Wazirabad: 155 KM, Sialkot: 200 KM, Jehlum: 251 KM, Khanewal: 170 KM, Multan: 237 KM, Bahawalpur: 273 KM, D.I.Khan: 270 KM, New Mirpur: 295 KM, Islamabad: 372 KM, Muree: 420 KM, Abbotabad: 475 KM, Muzaffarabad: 496 Km, Kohat: 538 Km, Peshawar: 526 KM, Saidu: 601 KM, Chitral: 737 KM, Gilgit: 901 KM, Sukkur: 691 KM, Larkana:795 KM, Hyderabad: 1006 KM, Thatta: 1104 KM, Karachi: 1182 KM, Quetta: 1096 KM, Bela: 1363 KM and Turbat: 1777 KM

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