Govt initiates land acquisition for Dir Motorway

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has initiated work towards construction of Dir Motorway. In this regard the required land acquisition has started and the initial survey of all the land throughout the length of the proposed motorway has also been completed.

This was revealed during a meeting with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair, to review progress on mega projects of the roads sector in the province.

The meeting was briefed in detail about progress made so far on Dir Motorway, Peshawar-DI Khan Motorway, Swat Motorway Phase 2, Madyan Bypass, Bahrain Bypass and other mega projects in the roads network sector.

The participants were informed that as per the initial tentative allotment, the overall length of Dir Motorway is 30 kilometers, having four lanes and it also includes the construction of two tunnels.