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February 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Finally, the once much-discussed western corridor motorway is expected to be completed and become operational by June this year after a delay of 30 months. The road will run between the Hakla Interchange on the M-1 motorway in Fatehjang and Yarak near Dera Ismail Khan. The motorway will serve the more backward southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as well as the more remote north-western districts of Punjab and eventually connect to the proposed Yarak-Zhob-Quetta motorway.
More than 80 percent of work on the 292.50km-long four-lane motorway with 12 interchanges and costing Rs122 billion has been completed, an official document in the possession of The News shows.
PESHAWAR, Dec.30 (Gwadar Pro) - With its north-south geographical lay of the land, Pakistan relies on the system of roads that connect different areas with one another. The Hakla Dera Ismail Khan Motorway, a project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is a ‘mini-revolution’ in terms of connectivity for the southern parts of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province that will ultimately lead to social and economic prosperity in the area, says Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur, Member Wildlife and Biodiversity Board KP.
“In our times, motorways are a vital part of connectivity and infrastructure, to bring development and welfare to areas which had remained undeveloped and poor for so long that only militants and smugglers could earn a living,”Faisal added, “Now, with the 292 km long Hakla DI Khan Motorway, a mega-project in the western alignment of CPEC, it is finally possible to bring such areas into the 21st century. The motorway will automatic