M-6 motorway (Pakistan)
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| ایم ٦ موٹروے | |
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| Maintained by National Highway Authority | |
| Length | 306 km (190 mi) |
| History | Pending since 2016 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Sukkur (M5) |
| South end | Hyderabad (M9) |
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The M6 (Urdu: موٹروے ۶) is a pending motorway project in Pakistan since 2016. M-6 will connect Sukkur to Hyderabad. The 306 km long[1] M-6 motorway is the only missing vital link of North to South connectivity, i.e. From Karachi to Peshawar.[2] The motorway will cost approximately $1.7 billion to build.[2] The M-6 will be a 6-lane motorway with a design speed of 120 km/hour, 89 bridges, 15 interchanges and 243 underpasses.[3]
The project is to be built as part of the larger Eastern Alignment of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Planned time to complete this 296 km long motorway is 29 months. China State Construction Engineering won the project after bidding process in May 2017 with anticipated ground work to be started by August 2017 and finish the same by December 2019. However, The 296-km stretch is the last missing link on the Karachi-Lahore motorway on which construction work has yet to be started.
History[]
All the other segments of 1650 km Peshawar Karachi Motorway(PKM) have been completed except Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway section of PKM. 63% land acquisition has been Completed. Planned time to complete this 306 km long motorway project is 28 months.[1]
On 16 July 2020, in an economic committee meeting presided over by PM Imran Khan's advisor on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh gave a go-ahead to the construction of the 306-kilometre-long Hyderabad-Sukkur Motor-way at a cost of Rs165.67bn .[4] [5]
China State Construction Engineering won the project after bidding process in May 2017 with anticipated ground work to be started by August 2017 and finish the same by December 2019. The construction contract was awarded in July 2017 however, construction is not started yet due to pending Government and NHA decision.
As of April, 2021, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended the Rs 191.47 bn, 306 km Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec).[1]
The construction of Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway (M-6) will be done under public-private financing mode on the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.[1]
Route[]
At its southern terminus, the M6 motorway will connect to the M9 motorway at Jamshoro for onward connections to Karachi. The route will then course towards the northeast, and connect to the N55 Indus Highway via an interchange. It will continue to course towards the northeast to connect to the city of Hyderabad, via an intersection with the N-5 National Highway. From there the road will course towards the north towards the cities of Matiari, Tando Adam, Shahdadpur and Nawabshah in central Sindh. It will then continue northwards towards Khairpur, and finally course northeast again towards the city of Rohri, which lies across the Indus River from Sukkur in northern Sindh province. From Rohri, a controlled access motorway will continue onwards towards Multan and Islamabad.
Financing[]
Construction of the motorway is to cost an estimated $1.7 billion.[2] While the government of China has extended low interest concessionary loans to cover large portions of CPEC infrastructure projects,[6] the government of Pakistan in July 2016 decided to allow international bidding for the project, citing difficulty meeting Pakistan's required financial contributions for utilization of concessionary Chinese loans.[2] Chinese and South Korean companies have reportedly shown early interest in the project.[2]
As of April, 2021, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended the Rs 191.47 bn, 306 km Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec).[1]
The construction of Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway (M-6) will be done under public-private financing mode on the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.[1]
Interchanges[]
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| Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway
M-6 | ||
| Interchange | Junction | Location |
| Jamshoro | 1 | M-9 Jamshoro |
| N-55 | 2 | Jamshoro Sehwan Rd |
| Hyderabad | 3 | N-5 |
| Matiari | 4 | Tando Allah Yar Rd |
| Oderolal | 5 | Khyber Rd |
| Tando Adam | 6 | Bhit Shah Rd |
| Shahdadpur | 7 | Hala Rd |
| Nawabshah | 8 | Sakrand Rd |
| Daur | 9 | Daur-Moro Rd |
| Padidan | 10 | Padidan-N.Feroze Rd |
| Bhiria Road | 11 | Bhiria Road |
| Mehrabpur | 12 | Mehrabpur Rd |
| Gadeji | 13 | N-5 |
| Khairpur-Larkana | 14 | Khairpur-Larkana Rd |
| Khairpur | 15 | Khairpur Rd |
Update[]
As of April, 2021 The federal government deferred approval of Rs192 billion worth of Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway project due to proposed changes in its financing model, which now seeks Rs76 billion from the budget compared to the original plan of constructing the road with private sector funding.
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP), which has a mandate to approve public sector projects, referred back the scheme to the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Authority for vetting the budget demand of Rs76 billion.[7]
As of April, 2021, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended the Rs 191.47 billion, 306 km Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec). The project would be included in the 2021 federal budget. It is to be implemented on the BOT user-charge basis with the provision of significantly higher financial contribution by the federal government through a capital and operational viability gap fund (VGF) to improve the financial viability of the project. The project is expected to be completed in 30 months[1]
The construction of Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway (M-6) will be done under public-private financing mode on the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on 26 May 2021 approved 10 development projects, including the Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway.[1]
National Highway Authority (NHA) on Friday (February 4, 2022) issued a final evaluation report regarding the proposals submitted by interested bidders and declared Techno-consortium as the most advantageous bidder.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kiani, Khaleeq (2021-04-27). "CDWP okays two projects worth Rs196bn". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ a b c d e "Hyderabad-Sukkur section: China, S Korea lobbying for M-6 motorway". The Express Tribune. 28 July 2016.
- ^ "Karachi-Lahore motorway: Stakeholders unhappy with environment impact report". The Express Tribune. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "PAKISTAN Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway: project shelved due to financial constraints". Business Recorder. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Govt to undertake Karachi Northern bypass, Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway projects: Murad Saeed". Business Recorder. April 25, 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ Butt, Naveed (3 September 2015). "ECONOMIC CORRIDOR: CHINA TO EXTEND ASSISTANCE AT 1.6 PERCENT INTEREST RATE". Business Recorder. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "Govt defers approval of motorway project". The Express Tribune. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
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