April 27, 2024 (MLN): The two maintenance schemes approved by the National Highway Authority (NHA) for the functional overlay on 52 km length from Thehri to Ranipur with allocation of Rs498 Million in Annual Maintenance Plan 2023-24 are under procurement and their financial bids were opened on April 24, 2024.
Federal Minister for Communications Mr Abdul Aleem Khan revealed on Friday while highlighting the steps being taken by the government to improve the road condition and reduce the inconvenience to the travellers on old N-5 section.
He further informed that the execution of work will be completed by December 2024.
During dualization of N-5, this road segment was realigned to bypass Khairpur city and reduce the distance between Thehri and Ranipur. Since then, he said, NHA has been regularly maintaining the new alignment, whereas the old alignment is also being maintained as per requirement through Routine Maintenance Contracts.
Abdul Aleem Khan was responding to a call attention notice in National Assembly moved by MNAs Nafisa Shah, Naz Baloch and Mahtab Akbar Rashdi regarding repair and maintenance of flood affected road between Thehri and Ranipur.
He also informed that Ministry of Communications and National Highway Authority are attaching priority to earlier realization of Sukkur – Hyderabad motorway and a tunnel at Babusar Top on Rawalpindi-Gilgit Road in the north.
The tunnel will facilitate traveling in this difficult mountainous terrain of the country. The Federal Minister assured to personally monitor the pace of work on roads construction projects across the country.
