The National Highway authority (NHA)  has completed the construction of key link road in Baluchistan to reduce distance for Gwadar-bound traffic from Punjab  And other northern Part of the country . According to a recent statement of NHA member (west Zone) shahid ihsanullha, the Authority has complete work on the 106Km long Basima Khuzdar Road (N-30) at a cost of Rs 11.7 billion. Shahid ihsanullah said that currently ,both light and heavy traffic is plying on the road and the prime minister will formally inaugurate the highway soon he said the road is part of china  Pakistan Economic corridor (CPEC) initiative he said

Jawad Akhtar Khokhar, a senior official at the CPEC Secretariat at the Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, told Gwadar Pro that N-30 will reduce over 100 kilometres of distance for Gwadar-bound traffic from Punjab and northern parts of Sindh by connecting the Hoshab-Sorab Highway (N-85) in Basima with the Ratodero-Gwadar Motorway (M-8) near Khuzdar.

As per the actual plan of CPEC’s Western Route, M-8 will connect Ratodero in Sindh with Gwadar. However, M-8 is under construction between Hoshab and Khuzdar; therefore,  N-85 currently links Gwadar with Punjab and Sindh.  N-85 was already connected with the M-8 through Karachi-Chaman Highway (N-25). However, the vehicles had to ply up to 150 kilometres from Basima to Sorab and then travel back 90 kilometres on  N-25 to reach Khuzdar.

Instead, the new road provides a direct link for N-85 with M-8 by diverting traffic from Basima towards Khuzdar, he said, according to Gwadar Pro.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP