CM, Maulana Asad for removal of bottlenecks for early completion of roads

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Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Federal Minister for Communication Asad Mahmood in their meeting at CM House on Tuesday agreed to strengthen coordination between the provincial government and the National Highway Authority (NHA) so that ongoing road sector schemes of NHA in the province could be completed well in time.

The meeting was attended by Minister Works Zia Abbas Shah, Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, Chairman P&D Hassan Naqvi, SMBR Baqaullah Unar, PSCM Fayaz Jatoi, Secretary Works, Secretary Finance Sajid Jamal Abro while from the federal government Secretary Communication Cap retd Muhammad Khurram, Member Sindh NHA Munir Memon, Member Finance NHA Mohammad Tayab and others attended the meeting. the Uzbek-Pakistani strategic partnership to effectively implement the agreements reached the highest level.Regional policy issues, including the situation in Afghanistan, were discussed.Both sides emphasized the importance of effective use of the existing potential of cooperation in the transport and communication sphere and the activation of economic diplomacy.The Foreign Minister of Pakistan congratulated the Uzbek side on the successful chairmanship of the Economic Cooperation Organization.

N-120: The CM said that N-120 Hyderabad-Khokhrapar Via Mirpurkhas Road was 220 km, of which 120 km section from Mirpurkhas to Khokhrapar via Umerkot was under execution by NHA.

Mr. Shah said that there were another two sections of the road, including 80 km from Mirpurkhas to Umerkot and 40 km from Umerkot to Khokhrapar. Out of the 80 km road from Mirpurkhas to Umerkot, 60.00 km has been widened/reconditioned, whereas the work on the remaining portion from Umerkot to Khokhrapar (Raja Rasti) of 20 km has not been started as yet.

The CM said that the recent heavy rains have damaged the road from Umerkot to Khokhrapar. At this, the federal minister assured the chief minister that the work would be accelerated and also directed NHA to repair the damaged portions.

Jamshoro-Sehwan Road: The chief minister taking up the under-construction Jamshoro – Sehwan road issue said that it has a length of 130 km being executed by NHA. He said the work started in 2018-19. Though it was an asset of NHA yet his government has also contributed Rs. 700 million in rehabilitation.

In the meeting, the issues raised by the CM said that work on the road from Khanote to Manjhand has not been started as yet. He pointed out that during rains-2022, the newly built track came under water near Laki Shah Saddar, which required to be considered for its re-design or necessary.

The federal Minister, Asad Mahmood said that the work has been accelerated and there were some land acquisition issues that needed to be settled. At this, the CM directed the chief secretary to settle the land issues to complete work.