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Four road projects costing Rs350b added to CPEC
By Sehrish Wasif
Published: September 24, 2017
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ISLAMABAD: The Chinese government will include four new road projects, costing over Rs350 billion, to the original plans of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

Talking to The Express Tribune, an official close to the matter revealed that the decision was taken at the fifth meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group of Transport Infrastructure held in Karachi on Saturday.

The meeting was attended by Communication Minister Dr Hafiz Abdul Kareem, Communication Secretary Muhammad Siddique, National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairperson Shahid Ashraf Tarar. The Chinese delegation was headed by Ministry of Transport Vice Minister HE Dai Dongchang.

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Four new schemes to be part of CPEC

The Chinese government had agreed to include the four projects in the CPEC portfolio during a meeting held on December 29, 2016 in Beijing, but only gave the final approval during the meeting, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“Pakistan will be able to complete these roads because China is financing them, otherwise we will never have sufficient funds to complete them,” he added.

The four road projects that will be connected to the CPEC include Mirpur-Muzaffarabad-Mansehra (MMM), the Chitral CPEC Link Road (Gilgit-Shindor-Chitral), the Naukundi-Mashkel-Panjgur Road that will connect National highway N-40 with CPEC Route N-85 and Zhob-Kuchlak which is part of the Western Corridor CPEC Phase-II project.

The MMM road project will stretch across 200 km and cost an estimated Rs264 billion. A detailed feasibility of the project has been completed and it will be the shortest route from Central Punjab to CPEC, through AJK. It will shorten the route by 50 km and save around four to six hours of travelling. It is planned that the route will have six interchanges, four service areas, three weighing stations and four tunnels.

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The Gilgit-Shindor-Chitral Road will cost an estimated Rs45 billion to build and will stretch across 354 km.

The construction of Naukundi-Mashkel-Panjgur Road will cost an estimated Rs20 billion and span across 290km. It will shorten the existing route by 722 km and save approximately 10 hours of travel time.

The Zhob-Kuchlak (Western Corridor CPEC Phase-II project) will span across 305 km.

The China-Pakistan Transport Joint Working Group agreed to upgrade a section as a short-term project. A detailed design of the projects will be completed by November 2017 while land acquisition for the same along the existing route has already begun.


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Project highlights
The four road project which will be linked to CPEC is massive in terms of its significance. Moreover, it includes the following segments:

Mirpur-Muzaffarabad-Mansehra (MMM): The MMM road will be built with an estimated cost of Rs264 billion taking away most of the budget of the project. Once completed, the project will create thee shortest route from Central Punjab to CPEC going from Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK). This route will reduce the distance by 50 km and traveling time by approximately 5-6 hours. Additionally, it will consist of 6 interchanges, 4 service areas, 3 weighing stations and 4 tunnels.


The Gilgit-Shindor-Chitral Road:The construction cost of Gilgit-Shindor-Chitral road will be Rs45 billion. The road will span across 354km.

Naukundi-Mashkel-Panjgur Road: This road will incur a cost of Rs20 billion and spread across the distance of 290km. It will connect National Highway N-40 with CPEC Route N-85. Furthermore, the road will reduce the existing distance by 722 km and the travel time by approximately 10 hours.

Zhob-Kuchlak: The fourth road which is termed as the Western Corridor CPEC Phase II project will span over 305km.

Although initial feasibility of the project has been prepared and approved but detailed designs will be completed by the end of this year. Therefore, the authorities have begun searching for the right land near existing routes. Moreover, some acquisitions have been made already.