The construction of Hakla-D.I. Khan Motorway project is part of the western alignment of CPEC. This four-lane 285km north-south motorway with acquired to upgrade it to 6 lanes in future project includes the construction of several bridges and interchanges. This motorway starts from Hakla on Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway (M-1), near Fateh Jang interchange and ends at Yarik near Dera Ismail Khan.

The motorway once completed will reduce travel time between Dera Ismail Khan and Islamabad to two-and-a-half hours from the present five hours or more. The second part of the western corridor, Yarak-Zhob-Quetta, is 540km long and will decrease the distance from Islamabad to Quetta to only 830km and reduce travel time to eight hours. It will bring enormous economic benefit to the less develop parts of the country specially KPK.  

It is said that it will be open for Public in September 2021.

Reporter & producer: Asad Mujhtiar

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