Hakla-D I Khan Motorway To Reduce Travel Time, Boost Economic Activities

The under-construction Hakla-DI Khan Motorway project likely to be completed next year will reduce travel time and boost economic activities in less developed areas of the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Sep, 2018 ) :The under-construction Hakla-DI Khan Motorway project likely to be completed next year will reduce travel time and boost economic activities in less developed areas of the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The four-lane 285-kilometre north-south motorway is being developed as part of western alignment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an official of the National Highway Authority (NHA) told APP on Wednesday.

The four-lane controlled access motorway will extend from the Hakla Interchange on Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway, near Fateh Jang , to Dera Ismail Khan.

From Hakla, Fateh Jang, the motorway will extend in a southwestern direction passing the towns of Pindi Gheb, Tarap, and Mianwali.

Then the route will transverse the Sindh Sagar Doab region, and cross the Indus River near Dhup Sarri village before entering into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The motorway will continue on wards before terminating near the town of Yarik, north of Dera Ismail Khan.

For ensuring timely completion, the Hakla-DI Khan Motorway has been divided into five sections includingYarik-Rehmani Khail section, Rehmani Khail-Kot Belian section, Kot Belian-Tarap section, Tarap-Pindi Gheb section and Pindi Gheb-Hakla Interchange section.