Hakla–Dera Ismail Khan Motorway

M-13
Route information
Maintained by National Highway Authority
Length: 280 km[1] (170 mi)
Major junctions
North end: M1 Motorway - Hakla Interchange
  N-15 National Highway
South end: Dera Ismail Khan
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

The Hakla–Dera Ismail Khan Motorway (Urdu: ہکلہ–دېره اسماعیل خان موٹروے‎), formally known as the Brahma Bahtar–Yarik Motorway, is a proposed North-South motorway currently under-construction in Pakistan. The 280-kilometre-long (170 mi) motorway is being developed as part of the Western Alignment of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.[2][3]

Route

Groundbreaking ceremony took place in May 2016. The four-lane controlled access motorway will extend from the Hakla Interchange on the M1 Motorway to Dera Ismail Khan.[4]

From Hakla, the motorway will extend in a southwestern direction passing the towns of Pindi Gheb, Tarap and Mianwali. The route will transverse the Sindh Sagar Doab region, and cross the Indus River near Mianwali before entering into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The motorway will continue on wards before terminating near the town of Yarik, just north of Dera Ismail Khan.[5]

At the southern terminus of the new Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan motorway, the N50 National Highway will also be upgraded between Dera Ismail Khan-Zhob and between Zhob-Quetta.[6]

Construction

Pakistan's executive committee of the National Economic Council approved construction of this section of roadway in April 2016.[7] while construction commenced in May 2016.[8] Construction is expected to be completed within 36 months.[5][9]

Construction is to proceed in five phases:[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://nha.gov.pk/wp-content/themes/nha/images/map-full.jpg
  2. ↑ "China to finance 90% of Sukkur-Multan Motorway". Daily Times. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  3. ↑ nha.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Press-Release-30.06.2016.pdf
  4. ↑ "PM Nawaz performs groundbreaking of Motorway in D.I Khan". The News. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Western Route: New Four-Lane Highway Facility from Barahma Bahtar to D. I. Khan as Part of Western Route of China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 285 km Approx., Packages: I To V." (PDF). National Highway Authority. National Highway Authority. p. 38. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Parliamentary Body Monitoring Progress of CPEC". Business Recorder. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Haider, Mehtab (24 April 2016). "Ecnec approves motorway from Burhan/Hakla to DI Khan". The News. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  8. ↑ http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/120599-PM-Nawaz-performs-groundbreaking-of-Motorway-in-DI-Khan
  9. ↑ "CHINA – PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) WESTERN ROUTE: NEW FOUR LANE HIGHWAY FACILITY FROM BARAHMA BAHTAR TO D. I. KHAN AS PART OF WESTERN ROUTE OF CHINA – PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) 285 KM APPROX., PACKAGES: I TO V." (PDF). National Highway Authority. National Highway Authority. p. 38. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  10. ↑ National Highway Authority (Pakistan). (PDF). p. 61 http://pid.gov.pk/NHA.pdf. Retrieved 13 May 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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