Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Sohail Rajput on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review progress regarding the construction of the Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway (M6) project. During the meeting, the Hyderabad commissioner told the meeting that NHA will start work on the construction of M6 motorway in Jamshoro and Hyderabad.

The NHA officials briefed the chief secretary that work on the M6 motorway will start from both sides of the section – Hyderabad and Rohri. The officials further informed that construction on motorway would be completed in 24 months. “A bridge will be constructed on River Indus between Jamshoro and Hyderabad,” the meeting was told. The Sindh chief secretary directed authorities concerned to speed up the construction work on the mega project. Last year in December, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif laid the foundation stone of the Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway M-6.

According to documents, the National Highway Authority (NHA) had released an amount of Rs. 4.09 billion to DC Matiari for the purchase of land for M-6 motorway. The accused drew Rs 1.82 billion cash from the bank for the procurement of land for 70 kilometers of the road. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Naushahro Feroz, Tashfeen Alam Khan, DC of Matiari, Adnan Rasheed, and Assistant Commissioner of Matiari, Mansoor Abbasi, embezzled funds deposited for the process.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP