Sindh government pledged to complete projects including connecting Korangi with KPT flyover which is being co
nstructed costing about Rs12
billion saying work on Mehran E
xpress shall be completed soon.
Chief Minister Mur
ad Ali Shah said Thursday while present at Jam Sadiq flyover for inspection of Malir E
xpressway that a project to join Korangi with KPT flyover is being co
nstructed costing about Rs12
billion. While talking to the media on the occasion of site inspection of the works on Malir E
xpressway where chief minister mentioned Mehran E
xpress, which he said would soon be concluded as well. Briefing the CM on the ongoing project, Malir E
xpressway project engineer Pervez Ambani said road alignment has been completed and the hydrological survey has, too, been done, adding that the e
xpressway will be maintained above high-flood level.
60 percent of environmental study for the project has concluded and 60 pc of the bridge structure design, has been carried out as well. There will be a total of 7 interchanges across the Malir E
xpressway, chief minister was apprised during briefing, noting that up until the Landhi Bridge, this project is realized which a
fter the laying of link road will connect it to the M9 motorway near Kathore.
Design, approval and implementation strategies are important which have been achieved in their intial stages, project engineer Ambani said. He said these have been further improved a
fter the recent hammering monsoon rains. Further expanding on the pipeline projects, the CM said all of them will be initiated in a few months out of which some are included in the Rs1.1 trillion Karachi uplift project. “We are designing a project to connect KPT flyover with Korangi which shall cost the provincial exchequer Rs12
billion, while a water line to provide 30 million gallons of water for DHA area”, said Shah.
It is pertinent to mention that Malir E
xpressway that will begin from Jam Sadiq Bridge Zero Point and end at Kathore Bridge will be built with an estimated cost of 27
billion rupees and facilitate commuting between DHA Phase-VIII and Phase-IX within 20 minutes. The Sindh government is launching this mega project, with 39.4 kilometres length, under the Public-Private Partnership.
Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Mur
ad Ali Shah visited the site of Malir E
xpressway on Thursday where he was given a briefing on the project. People’s Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will lay the foundation stone of the project this month, chief minister Shah stated.
Malir E
xpressway will be built on the left bank of the Malir River and it will be high-speed e
xpressway, with six-lane road and three feet dual carriageway, Mur
ad Ali Shah stated. The project have speed design of 100-kilometers per hour, he further said. The Malir E
xpressway would have 50 kilometers per hour speed at the Interchange and will begin from Korangi Road DHA Creek Avenue, the chief minister stated. The e
xpressway would have a route from Jam Sadiq Bridge, Shah Faisal Colony Road, Future Colony to Kathore, he further said. “The e
xpressway has nine crossing points for pedestrians at various places,” Shah said. The e
xpressway will play a pivotal role to address traffic problems of Karachi, Shah concluded.