Multan Sukkur Motorway to be opened after removal of machinery: Murad Saeed

ISLAMABAD, Sep 16 (APP):Federal Minister for Communications Murad Saeed Monday said the motorway from Multan to Sukkur was complete and it would be opened for public soon after removal of machinery by the construction companies.

Speaking in the National Assembly, he said the Lahore-Abdul Hakeem section of the motorway had been opened.

He said the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) under a 20-year agreement had increased toll tax for M2 motorway by 10 percent. He said the revenue of National Highway Authority (NHA) had increased by 52 percent.

The minister was responding to Raja Riaz, who told the House that toll tax on motorways had increased manifold and it should be brought down.