Murad agrees with federal govt to construct Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway

• I have personally pursued the project with the federal government,” says the CM.
• Federal Minister Asad Mahmood assured the Chief Minister that the project will be started on time.
• Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah also visited the tent city set up for rain-affected people in Tando Ulyar.

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Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Federal Communications Minister Asad Mehmood discussed with their respective teams the opening of the 306 km Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway on PPP mode, however, the Chief Minister expressed reservations that Peshawar to Sukkur Motorway constructed through CPEC and PSDP. But construction of the Sindh part only on PPP mode was being delayed.

The Chief Minister said that since it is too late, I demand that the federal government ensure financial closure of the project within the next six months so that it can be completed by March 2023. With the people of the province.

Federal Minister Syed Khurshid Shah, Provincial Ministers Sharjeel Memon, Jam Khan Shoro, Zia Abbas Shah, Advisor Rasool Bakhsh Chandio, Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, Chairman P&D Hasan Naqvi, Secretary Works Imran Atta participated in the meeting held at Shehbaz Building Hyderabad. of Soomro.

Federal Secretary Communications/Chairman NHA Captain (retd) Mohammad Khurram, Member NHA Munir Memon, GM Planning NHA Ikram Saqlain, GM PPP NHA Azim Tahir, GM NHA Iftikhar Mehboob, GM Sukkur Hyderabad Motorways participated on behalf of Federal Government/NHA.

Chairman NHA Captain (retd) M Khurram while briefing the meeting said that it will be a 306 km motorway consisting of six lanes. He added that it will have 15 interchanges, one bridge over Sindh and 19 overpasses.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Chief Minister welcomed the federal ministers and said that since they are visiting the districts to observe the progress of relief work in Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas and Shaheed Benazirabad divisions, therefore this meeting was held in Hyderabad. .

It was pointed out that more than 7500 acres of land is required for the project in seven districts including Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Matiari, Benazirabad, Nowshero Feroze, Khairpur and Sukkur. A joint survey has been carried out by the NHA, Revenue, and Settlement Departments. The hydraulic model of Indus river bridge has been studied.

Federal Minister Asad Mahmood assured the Chief Minister that the project will be started on time by taking necessary steps. He also said that the provincial government will be kept in the loop in every development of the project.

Explaining the background of Jamshoro-Sehoon double carriageway, the Chief Minister said that this important project which he discussed with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during his visit to Karachi on 13 April 2022. Power.

Murad Ali Shah said that his government took up the issue of converting the road into a dual carriageway with the federal government in a meeting held with the Chairman NHA on March 22, 2017. 7 billion, doubling the cost of the project [Jamshoro-Sehwan] Road

He said that this amount of 7 billion rupees was provided by his government to the federal government on April 17, 2017 through source deduction.

The Chief Minister recalled that in December 2017 he was informed by the Ministry of Communications that the procurement process has been completed and the project is ready for implementation, but since then the project has been progressing at a slow pace.

He said that I have personally followed this plan with the federal government.

“The increasing number of road traffic accidents (RTA) has resulted in several deaths and injuries,” the chief minister said, adding that the Ministry of Communications and NHA may be directed to Expediting the completion of this project to avoid further damage. Death and injuries.

Federal Minister Asad Mahmood told the Chief Minister that he was traveling on the road and there was no doubt that it had become dangerous. He assured the Chief Minister that the work on them has been expedited and will be completed soon.

Immediately after the meeting in Hyderabad, the Chief Minister went to Tando Allahyar where he visited the tent city set up for rain-affected people on the bypass.

The Chief Minister spent some time with the affected people, sat with them on the floor in a tent, and in true rural culture, got a detailed account of their story of woe. Rather than male members, mostly elderly women narrated the details from the onset of heavy rains to the flooding of their homes and then migration to relief camps.

In a camp three women told the CM that they were suffering from heart problems, the CM directed the Deputy Commissioner to shift them to NICVD Tando Mohammad Khan and report to him. On his way to Mirpurkhas, the Chief Minister visited Dewan Farm Pumping Station located in Tehsil Jhando Mari area.

In Muthu Mirjat village of Jhandu Mari tehsil of Tando Allahyar, the Chief Minister met the villagers who told him that electricity poles had fallen in their area, so they have been living without electricity for the past 20 days. The chief minister asked the HESCO chief to restore electricity in various villages of the area and report.

The visiting Federal Minister and Chief Minister agreed that all highways and major roads damaged by heavy rains and floods will be repaired as a top priority to facilitate vehicular traffic.

At the end of the meeting, the Chief Minister and the Federal Minister spoke to the media and informed about the decisions taken in the meeting.

In Mirpurkhas, the Chief Minister visited two tent cities set up near Brohi village of Tehsil Shujaabad, where more than 15 villages, including their connecting road, came under water. The Chief Minister directed the DC to set up a pumping station and discharge the water into Moro channel.