Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Monday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has completed work on 2000 kilometers road projects and also started work on additional 6118 km of roads network.
In a tweet, he said that the government has also started work on 3300 km road projects in Balochistan.
موجودہ حکومت نے ۲۰۰۰ km سڑکوں پر کام مکمل اور ۶۱۱۸ کلومیٹر کا آغاز کیا ۔ اس وقت بلوچستان میں موجودہ حکومت نے۳۰۰۰کلومیٹر سڑکوں پر کام شروع کیا ہے جن میں ژوب کچلاک ، نوکنڈی مشکیل ، خضدار بسمہ ، زیارت موڑ کچ ہرنائ ، ہوشاب آواران ، ڈیرہ مراد جمالی بائ پاس ، کوئٹہ بائ پاس ،کچلاک خضدار pic.twitter.com/U0ORgIpUuh
— Murad Saeed (@MuradSaeedPTI) January 3, 2022
He said that the road projects started in Balochistan were including Zhob Kuchlak, Nokandi Mashkeel, Khuzdar Bisimah, Ziarat Morr Kuch Harnai, Hoshab Awaran, Dera Murad Jamali Bypass, Quetta Bypass and Kuchlak Khuzdar.
The minister also shared a video of the road project under construction in Balochistan province.
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APP with additional input by GVS News Desk