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21 May 2011: Pakistan has witnessed devastating floods in 2010 that damaged around 657-km roads and 35 bridges, but National Highway Authority (NHA) is yet to get ECNEC’s nod for the approval of its PC-1 amount Rs 2,400 crore.
With the support of NESPAK survey, NHA has submitted PC-1 of over Rs 2,400 crore for the reconstruction of roads, bridges, and highways damaged due to flash floods, which had been approved by the cabinet and CDWP but final ECNEC approval is still awaited, well-placed sources told TheNation.
The available figures of damaged roads under National Highway Authorities are around 657-km with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 260 km, Punjab 88 km, Sindh 139 km and Balochistan 20 km. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the damaged roads are N-5 (Khairabad-Torkham), N-55 (Ramak-Peshawar), N-50 (DI Khan-zhob), N-45 (Nowshera-Chitral), N-90 (Khwazakhela-Besham), N-95 (Chakdara-Kalam), M-1(Peshawar-Indus bridge). In Punjab damaged roads are including N-5(Kot Sabzal-Khairabad), N-5A 9 Khanewal-Bhawalpur), N-55 (Kashmor-Ramak), N-70 (Multan-bewata),N-75 (Islamabad-Kohala), N-80 (Tarnol-Khushal Garh Bridge) In Sindh, N-5 (Karachi-Kot Sabzal), N-55 (Kotri-Kashmor), N-65 (Sukkar-Jacobabad), M-9 (Karachi-Hyderabad). In Balochistan N-10 (Makran Coastal Highway), N-25 (Karachi-Quetta-Chaman), N-50 (Kuchlak-Zhob), N-65 (Jaccobabad-Quetta), N-70 (Bewata-Qila Saifullah). While, in Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK the damaged roads are N-35 (KKH), N-15 (Mansehra-Naran-Chillas), S-1 (Jaglot-Skardu), S-2 (Kohala-Muzaffarabad).
Source: The Nation