The authorities have approved the construction of the 306km long Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) project, which would be completed in 30 months. The approval of the construction of Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) was granted in a meeting of National Highway Council-Supreme Body of National Highway Authority (NHA) held here on Wednesday, presided over by Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Services Maulana Asad Mahmood. The meeting was also attended by Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah, Federal Secretary Communications/Chairman National Highway Authority Capt (R) Muhammad Khurram Agha, and officials from Finance Division, Planning  Development Division, Highway Construction, Financial Professionals and the senior officers of Ministry of Communications and National Highway Authority, said a press release. Addressing the meeting, Mahmood said, Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) was a mega project consisting of six lanes which would be completed in 30 months according to international standards. He said that the construction of M-6 was a long-standing demand of the people of Sindh, which has been fulfilled during the present democratic government.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP