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China’s SPGEC in JV wins contract for section of CPEC’s M-8 motorway​

By Khalid Aziz | Gwadar Pro Jun 28, 2022



ISLAMABAD, June 28 (Gwadar Pro) - National Highway Authority (NHA) on Monday declared a joint venture between two Pakistani firms and China’s Geological Engineering Complex (SPGEC) as the ‘most advantageous’ bidder for the construction of a section of Ratodero-Gwadar motorway (M-8) under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
SPGEC in JV offered to construct package 2B of 168 kilometres Awaran-Nall section of the Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar missing link in the M-8 motorway at the lowest cost of Rs 9.18 billion, NHA said in a statement. As per Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules, NHA has to award the contract to the most advantageous bidder in two weeks.
The section is part of the project to construct a two-lane motorway facility from Hoshab to Khuzdar in Balochistan.
The project road starts from Awaran and terminates at Basima-Khuzdar Road (N-30) in Nall area near Khuzdar. M-8 will follow the alignment of N-30 after Nall to connect with the Ratodero-Khuzdar section of M-8 at Khuzdar, which is already operational, NHA said.
N-30 is currently under construction as part of the Rs400 billion Balochistan Development Package announced by the federal government as part of CPEC to connect Gwadar with the eastern parts of the province as well as Iran.
M-8 is an 892-kilometre-long east-west motorway connecting the Sukkur and Larkana areas of Sindh to Gwadar. Out of the 892 kilometres, 492 kilometres sections, the Ratodero-Khuzdar (242 kilometres) and Hoshab-Turbat-Gwadar (250 kilometres), have already been constructed and operational, NHA said. The hoshab-Khuzdar section is the missing link to complete M-8 in which NHA has already taken up the Hoshab-Awaran section (148 kilometres). After completion of the missing link (Hoshab-Awaran-Nall), M-8 will provide the shortest route to Gwadar, NHA said.

China’s SPGEC in JV wins contract for section of CPEC’s M-8 motorway

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (Gwadar Pro) - National Highway Authority (NHA) on Monday declared a joint vent

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CPEC: Pakistan to include three road infrastructure projects in JCC

The federal government has decided to include three multi-billion rupee road infrastructure development projects in the agenda of the upcoming China-Pakistan-Economic-Corridor (CPEC) Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting.

According to reports, the three projects are the Mansehra-Muzaffarabad Expressway, the Babusar Tunnel, and the Zhob-D.I. Khan Highway (N50). The decision was made at a Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting presided over by Minister of Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal.

The minister instructed for the required dossiers be prepared by the relevant authorities for the JCC meeting. As per sources, the details of the project are as follows:

• Mansehra-Muzaffarabad (a link of CPEC) road; is estimated to be developed with PKR 44.72 billion. The PC-1 of the project has been approved and referred to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for final approval.
• The proposal to upgrade the 210-kilometre long Zhob-D.I. Khan (N-50) road from 2 lanes to 4 lanes with the option of expansion to 6 lanes in the future.
• Construction of Babusar Top tunnel to connect Kaghan Valley with Chilas, Gilgit Baltistan for tourism development

Furthermore, the minister asked the members of Pakistan Railways (PR) to speed up the processing of the much-anticipated Main-Line-1 (ML-1) project. He suggested that the officials complete the feasibility study for the 250 kilometre/hour project and integrate it with the laying down of the fibre optic line project to save money.

 

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Karachi Clifton Old Bridge, road above and road under... 175 years old..

 

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CDWP approved construction of Muzaffarabad-Mansehra Expressway (26.6 km) costing Rs44.72 billion was recommended link with Hazara Expressway, while the construction of 11 bridges and two tunnels on the left bank of Jhelum River and Kunar will be an important link.

It is part of MMMM Expressway .Construction of ShardaNoori Top-Jalkhad SNJ Road (50.35 km) costing Rs16.32 billion.

 

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CDWP approves projects, refers 6 projects to ECNEC for approval


The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) gave a nod to several projects worth PKR 34.83 billion and referred six projects, worth PKR 107.505 billion, to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for final approval, according to the news published in the national dailies on June 28.

The CDWP meeting was chaired by Planning Secretary Zafar Ali Shah in which approval was given to 19 projects; out of which 13 were approved by CWDP and 6 were referred to ECNEC for formal approval.

The CDWP referred the Muzaffarabad-Mansehra Road project to ECNEC for approval, at the cost of PKR 44.72 billion. Under this project, a 26.6-kilometre road will be constructed that will connect Manshera with Muzaffarabad. The project will also include 11 bridges and two tunnels on the riverbanks of Kunar and Jhelum.

Another project forwarded to ECENC for approval was a road that will link KP to Azad Kashmir. The project features a 50-kilometre mountainous road that will be executed by the National Highway Authority (NHA). It will connect Neelum Valley to Jalkhad.

Moreover, the meeting referred the construction of mini-sports complexes, with an accumulated cost of PKR 12 billion, to the ECNEC. Under this initiative, 250 mini sports complexes will be upgraded or developed across the country.

The CDWP recommended the construction of a bridge with approach roads between Sukkur-Rohri, at the cost of PKR 10.28 billion. Similarly, the meeting sent another road project, worth PKR 11.58 billion, for formal approval to the committee. This project was for compensation of the Rajanpur-Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan section as a four-lane highway and rehabilitation and dualization of DG Khan-Dera Ismail (DI) Khan of National Highway (N-55).

 

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Kalat to Khuzdar (facing Khuzdar).
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Hyderabad to Mirpur Khas highway with lush greenery. Sindh..

 

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NHA announced tender for Feasibility Study and Detailed Design for Construction of Inter District Bridge at River Chenab along with Link Roads from Jalalpur Pirwala (Sukkur Multan Motorway M-5 Interchange) to ShehrSultan District Muzzaffar garh (2 1 KM Approx.).

 

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CPEC: Proposal for N-50 Yarik-Sagu-Zhob Section Invited

ISLAMABAD, July 21 (Gwadar Pro) - National Highway Authority (NHA), Ministry of Communication, on We

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CPEC: Proposal for N-50 Yarik-Sagu-Zhob Section Invited​

By Tahir Ali | Gwadar Pro Jul 21, 2022



ISLAMABAD, July 21 (Gwadar Pro) - National Highway Authority (NHA), Ministry of Communication, on Wednesday issued a prequalification notice for ‘Dualization and improvement of Existing N-50 from Yarik-Sagu-Zhob (50KM-Package-I)’, an important section of the Western Route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
NHA has invited applications from those contractors who are on the Active Taxpayers List of FBR and are registered with Pakistan Engineering Council in Category C-A with Specialization in CE-01 and CE-02 for 2022 for the prequalification of the project.
This 50 KM section is a part of the “Upgradation of the D.I. Khan (Yarik)–Zhob, N-50 Phase-I (210 Km)” project, which is an important highway under CPEC’s Western Route. The salient features of the projects include geometric improvements in the existing alignment and Improvement/Upgradation of two-lane existing roads to four lanes while 100m R.O.W will be acquired to upgrade it to six lanes in the future.
The Dualization and upgradation of N-50 will create a strong link between Islamabad, Dera Ismail Khan, Zhob towards Karachi, and Gwadar.
PC-I of the project was approved by ECNEC in April 2017 and it was accorded the highest priority in the 9th JCC.
This project falls under the existing road infrastructure of the country and is being enhanced under CPEC through the upgradation of existing roads.

 

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