ISLAMABAD, May 8 (APP):Under construction Hakla-DI Khan Motorway project will be completed by end of this year reducing travel time and boosting economic activities in less developed areas of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The four-lane North-South motorway has the 285-kilometre-length and is being developed as part of the western alignment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, an official of National Highway Authority (NHA) told APP on Tuesday.
Starting from Hakla, Fateh Jang, the motorway extends in a southwestern direction
passing the towns of Pindi Gheb,Tarap, and Mianwali.
The route transverses the Sindh Sagar Doab region, and cross the Indus River near Mianwali before entering into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The motorway continues on wards before terminating near the town of Yarrik , north of D I Khan city. For ensuring timely completion of the project, Hakla- D I Khan Motorway has been divided in five phases including Yarik-Rehmani Khail section, Rehmani Khail-Kot Belian Section, Kot Belian-Tarap section,
Tarap-Pindi Gheb section, and Pindi Gheb-Hakla Interchange section.
The motorway includes provision of 11 interchanges, 19 flyovers (6 lanes), 15 bridges (4
lane), 74 underpasses, 259 culverts, and three 6-lane major bridges on River Sawan, River Indus and River Koram.
