CPEC authority allows ambulances on under construction Manshera Thakot expressways section.

ABBOTTABAD -- Commissioner Hazara Syed Zaheer ul Islam Thursday allowed ambulances and other emergency vehicles to travel on under construction Hazara Expressway Mansehra Thakot section.

This was disclosed in a meeting to review the construction progress of the Hazara expressway Manshera Thakot section which was chaired by the Commissioner Hazara.

The remaining work of the Mansehra Thakot section is under progress particularly the installation of safety devices in the tunnels.

It was informed to the meeting that 118 kilometers long China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Havelian Thakot section which contains 39 kilometers expressway and 79-kilometer class II highway from Mansehra to Thakot. It was disclosed that owing to the opening of expressway before the due date 18 road accidents occurred as installation of safety devices in the tunnels was not completed while 11 accidents took place under construction Masswal and Battal tunnels.

CPEC project officials told the meeting that the completion date of the project was February 2020 but as we have increased the installation safety equipment numbers in the tunnels and roads which will take extra time. Moreover, the Chinese engineers and other workers who were on holidays to celebrate their new year in their homeland, could not manage to report back due to suspension of flights in the backdrop of COVID 19 lockdown.

It was also informed that on Mansehra Thakot section 18 points entry has been...