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Balochistan government constructs 2647 km roads

Balochistan government has con­structed some 2,647 kilometers blacktop roads in the province dur­ing its tenure aiming to provide best infrastructure facilities and easy connectivity to markets.

The provincial government has initiated the construction work on 550 new road projects. A sum of Rs 20 billion has been earmarked dur­ing financial year 2021-22 for com­pleting these projects with the focus to provide best communication facil­ity to the masses. The government has constructed Turbat to Pasni road at the cost of Rs 1,000 million to have access to main road, an official of Balochistan government told APP on Friday. The construction of road from Zhob to Manzakai at the cost of Rs 3,290 million, Murgah Faqirzai to Badini on Rs 1590 million and Zhob to Miralikhail worth Rs 2957 million, had also been completed to facilitate people living in areas adjacent to the Afghan border. This would definitely boost trade and economic activi­ties in the area. Yet another project namely Sansila to Dera Bugti road has been completed at the cost of Rs 1,000 million. While blacktop road from Notal to Ghandhawa was com­pleted with the cost of Rs 2,158 mil­lion and up gradation of Sohbatpur to Kashmore road was completed at cost of Rs 1,487 million, which would not only pave the way for socioeconomic uplift of far long areas of Balochistan, but also have positive impacts on the economy of entire re­gion, he added.

The provincial government was planning to construct 4,000 kilome­ter more roads to improve the com­munication system in the province, said official. The official said that the construction of highways would give the province’s agricultural and min­eral production access to major mar­kets. He said that better roads were vital to curtail road traffic accidents and save human lives. The dualization of 796 km long Chaman-Quetta-Ka­rachi-Highwaywould start during the current year. He said due the efforts of Balochistan government, in the finan­cial year 2021-22, the federal govern­ment has allocated Rs 81.582 billion in the first phase for the construction of Kuchlak to Khuzdar section of Quet­ta-Karachi highway.

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