ECNEC approves four road infrastructure projects for Punjab worth Rs130b

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at a meeting in Islamabad on Monday approved four road infrastructure projects for Punjab valuing Rs130 billion.

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In a tweet, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said the road projects include Kamalia-Shorkot-Chowk Azam-Layyah; Hasilpur-Bahawalnagar; Vehari-Pakpattan-Debalpur and Shorkot-Jhang.

The meeting approved the K-4 project based on a new design at a cost of Rs126 billion.

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آج ECNEC میٹنگ میں پنجاب کی 130 ارب روپے کی لاگت سے بننے والی چار بڑی سڑکوں کی منظوری. ان میں کمالیہ، شورکوٹ، چوک اعظم، لیہ سڑک شامل. دوسری حاصلِ پور سے بھاولنگر. تیسری وہاڑی ،پاکپتن، دیپالپور. اور چوتھی شورکوٹ سے جھنگ شامل

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) January 31, 2022

He said 26 crore gallons of water would reach Karachi by October next year. He said the federal government had fulfilled yet another promise under Karachi’s Transformation Plan.

The ECNEC also approved an Rs96 billion project of clean water and sanitation for the rural areas of sixteen tehsils of South Punjab.

Umar said the ECNEC also approved the Rawalpindi-Kharian motorway to be constructed under Public-Private Partnership.

He said the project would be completed for Rs30 billion in 30 months.

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Commenting on the approval of the project, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in a tweet, said this project would usher in a new era of development in North and Central Punjab.

بہت شکریہ یہ منصوبہ شمالی پنجاب اور وسطی پنجاب کو ترقی کی نئ شاہراھوں سے آشنا کر دے گا، 42 قومی اسمبلی کے حلقے اس منصوبے سے فائدہ اٹھائیں گے، لاہور اور اسلام آباد کے درمیان فاصلہ 100 کلومیٹر کم ہو جائیگا۔ https://t.co/7P67Va5nKv

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 31, 2022

He said 42 constituencies of the National Assembly would benefit from it. He said this project would reduce by 100 kilometres the distance between Islamabad and Lahore.