CM Sindh ,Molana Asad held meeting to discuss construction of Motorway.

HYDERABAD -- The Federal Communication Minister Molana Asad Mehmood and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah held a meeting here on Friday at Shahbaz Building to discuss the construction of Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway.

The federal minister informed that the road was being construct on Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis.

According to him, the cost of the project would be Rs1.37 trillion.

The minister said all the projects executed or to be executed under National Highway Authority (NHA) in Sindh were the government's priority.

The CM Sindh said M6 Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway was a very important road but it was ignored because it was not included in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.

'We want to see the center expedite work on this project,' the CM underlined.

He observed that the federal Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) also included construction of a bridge on River Indus and a 190 kilometers road.

Shah pointed out that construction of a interchange on M5 Sukkur-Multan Motorway at Mirpur Mathelo and connecting the motorway with the National Highway were also approved projects.

The study for building a bypass in Kambar-Shahdadkot district, Sukkur-Rohri bridge and Lyari Elevated Front Corridor were some other federal projects awaiting execution, he said.

He requested the federal government to speed up all those projects.

The CM said leaving aside Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway, all other motorway projects had been completed.

He pointed out that the M6 connected 6 districts of Sindh.

'The people of Sindh are facing problems in travelling because the motorway project hasn't been completed,' he told.

He apprised that keeping in view the delay in the project he wrote a letter to Prime...