ABBOTTABAD: Authorities have accorded approval to carry out feasibility study for construction of a road to link Abbottabad city with the Hazara Motorway.

The approval was made during a meeting here the other day attended by the officials of NHA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority, communication and works, revenue department and chairman of Dispute Resolution Committee, Lt-Gen retired Ayaz Saleem Rana and Chinese officials.

The meeting discussed a link road which would comprise of a bridge on a natural watercourse that would not cause major destruction and disturbance to the local population and would prove cost-effective.

On the occasion, commissioner Hazara Zaheerul Islam said that the scheme would be got approved from the provincial government and would be added to the current year budget.

Published in Dawn, June 13th, 2019

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