Chitral to be linked to China after construction of Chitral-Gilgit Road

[Hyde]

'Chitral to be linked to China after construction of Chitral-Gilgit Road'​

CHITRAL (July 13 2010): The government will link Chitral with time-tested friend China by constructing Chitral-Gilgit Road that would make the northern districts of Pakistan a hub of economic investment, said Federal Minister for Communication Arbab Alamgir Khan here on Monday.

He said Chitral-Gilgit Road and Lawari Tunnel will open up Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for investment and would give further impetus to development process in Chitral, Dir, Swat and Malakand Agency, Dr Alamgir Khan remarked.

Addressing a big public gathering at Chitral and Garm Chashma here after starting of his three days visit, he said the completion of these two mega projects will revolutionise the communications sector, enhance trade activities with Central Asian Republics and bring an industrial revolution in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The construction of tunnel will help establish strong road links with Central Asian States and hopefully it would be completed in 2011 at a cost of Rs 17.50 billion.

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I tried to find other thread where we were talking about road links to china but failed - so if you want feel free to merge this thread

 

[somebozo]

Yay for economic prosperity of Chitral. I think we should bring a boat load of economic and political consultants from China and take their help in fixing our mess.

 

[oct605032048]

good to know

 

[Frankenstein]

Splendid, and what about the rail link??

 

[mjnaushad]

Splendid, and what about the rail link??

Is there any problem having both???

 

[Frankenstein]

Is there any problem having both???

No, i wana know when will we see that, i am impatient

 

[Sparten80]

This is good news and will help better integrate the Chitral region. Btw, any word on the Lowari top tunnel? is that completed yet?