ZHOB: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said a hefty amount of Rs.150 billion to Rs.200 billion would be spent in the next three to four years in Balochistan for alleviating its backwardness.
The PM also announced his plan to build Karachi-Gwadar motorway while addressing a ceremony after performing groundbreaking of upgradation of Zhob-Mughal Kot (N-50) and Qila Saifullah-Wagum (N-70) roads.
The 81-kilometer N-50 project, a part of CPEC, to be completed at the cost of Rs 8.80 billion by 2018. The 126-kilometer N-70 project will cost Rs 7.50 billion and it would also be completed by 2018.
He said as part of China Pakistan Economic Corridor, 194 kms road from Gwadar to Khushab would be inaugurated next month whereas Khushab- Panjgur -Basima 454kms road be completed by December 2016 by the Frontier Works Organization (FWO).
Khuzdar-Wanguhil-Shahdad Kot, 243kms road would also be completed by the next year, he announced, adding all these projects were being funded by the government of Pakistan out of its Public Sector Development Programmes (PSDP).
“The project would open up opportunities of trade and business for the whole region and help in removing backwardness of the province. Soon, there will be dawn of prosperity of which Balochistan would be the major source of fast track progress, “he added.