Executive Committee of the National Economic Council, which met in Islamabad on Wednesday with Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail in the chair, approved various infrastructure projects of national significance.

The meeting approved project on construction of Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway on Built Operate Transfer (BOT) basis with revised cost of 308,194.00 million rupees. The project will be executed by National Highway Authority and envisages construction of 306 kilometer long, 06–lane wide, divided fenced between Hyderabad and Sukkur.

The committee also approved construction of Lahore-Sialkot Motorway link Highway connecting the motorway to Narang Mandi and Kartarpur Narowal including Narowal Eastern Bypass at a revised rationalized cost of 17,379.949 million rupees. The revised project envisages rehabilitation, dualization and construction of 73-Kms long 04-lane dual carriageway, connecting Kartarpur with Lahore-Sialkot Motorway and Nankana. The project will be completed in three years.

The meeting approved Punjab Urban Lane Systems Enhancement Project at a cost of 25,500 million rupees. This project will be executed by Board of Revenue through Punjab Land Records Authority(and Provincial Disaster Management Authority to develop cadastral mapping including digital land records of urban, peri-urban and rural areas of entire Punjab. The project will be carried out through 100% loan by the World Bank in 60 months period.

It also approved project on construction of Northern section of ring road from Warsak road to Nasir Bagh road at a cost of 16,489.198 million rupees and revised project on construction of Mangi Dam in Baluchistan at a cost of 13,247.893 million rupees.

The committee also gave approval to two projects in Karachi city,  one “Restoration and revamping of Orangi Nullah” at revised cost of 15,007.25 million rupees in Orangi Town, Karachi West district and other “Restoration and revamping of Gujjar Nullah” at revised cost of 14,854.40 million rupees in Karachi Central district respectively.