SUKKUR, Dec 13 (EW): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway (M-6) during a ceremony in Sukkur.
The 306km Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway is the last part of the Peshawar-Karachi motorway. With its completion, all major cities of Pakistan will be connected via motorways.
The project will be completed over a period of 30 months under the Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA).
According to a National Highway Authority (NHA) spokesperson, the project will cost more than Rs307 billion.
It will include the construction of 15 interchanges, a major bridge over the Indus River, 19 underpasses and 6 flyovers.
Additionally, 10 service areas will be constructed on both sides of the motorway at a distance of 50km.
This motorway will pass through the districts of Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Matiari, Benazirabad, Naushahro Feroze, Khairpur and Sukkur.
It is the last section of the Peshawar-Karachi Motorway after which all major and important cities of Pakistan will be connected through motorways. The project will be completed in a short period of 30 months under the public-private partnership. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the ceremonies in Sukkur and Hyderabad and also speak on the occasion.
Meanwhile, Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said the ground breaking of the Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway was an important development towards the fulfillment of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif s dream of connecting the entire country through motorways.
She said the completion of the project would accelerate economic activities in the country and greatly facilitate the traders, industrialists and farmers to transport their products.
