Swat motorway to be extended to Mingora: Mahmood.

Peshawar -- Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan hinted at extension of Swat Motorway from Chakdara to Mingora, Swat and directed for accelerated work on the second stretch from Katlang Interchange to Chakdara including construction of bridges, interchanges and tunnels as expeditiously as possible. He also directed for the land acquisition for the CPEC City Nowshera, Cement Plant Haripur and completion of Nowshera Medical College on priority basis. The provincial government would ensure to complete the ongoing schemes in the first go and this would be implemented under all circumstances.

He was presiding over a meeting on Swat Motorway work, on which has been carried out through Frontier Works Organization (FWO) and other development schemes throughout the province at Chief Minister Secretariat Peshawar. Provincial Minister for Communication and Works Akbar Ayub, Principal Secretary to CM Muhammad Israr Khan, Managing Director Swat Motorway, Commandant Brig. Ashfaq and others attended.

The meeting was briefed about the developmental schemes carried out through FWO in the province. It was informed about the 81 KM long Swat Motorway comprising seven interchanges that will cost Rs. 34.165 billion. The Swat Motorway has been completed from Karnel Sher Khan Interchange to Katlang, a 50 KM long stretch. The tunnel excavation and cutting have...