85 per cent development work of Lowari Tunnel has been completed and it would be opened for traffic after its completion in June 2017. This was informed by The National Assembly Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reforms.The committee meeting was presided over by Abdul Majeed Khan Khanan Khail at Parliament House. The Committee discussed the projects relating to Lowari Tunnel, water distribution network Rawalpindi, Green Line Bus Transit System and others.
The National Highway Authority (NHA) official said while briefing the committee about Lowari Tunnel that the development work of Lowari Tunnel has been expedited under the directions of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He said that the project would be completed nine months earlier of its completion date. He said that the project would be completed in June 2017 and opened for traffic.
The committee was informed that Rs140 million have been allocated in PSDP 2016-2017 for improvement and widening of Chitral-Ayun-Bumborate Road on the directions of the prime minister.
