M6 Motorway to be constructed from Karachi to Sukkur



A representational image showing a car and a truck travelling on a section of a motorway. — AFP/File
A representational picture exhibiting a automobile and a truck travelling on a bit of a motorway. — AFP/File

KARACH: The Sindh and federal governments on Thursday agreed to construct the M6 Motorway not from Hyderabad to Sukkur however from Karachi to Sukkur through Hyderabad.

The choice was made throughout a gathering between Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Federal Minister of Communication Aleem Khan on the CM Home right now. 

Throughout the assembly, it was agreed to discover the potential of setting up the motorway via a Public-Personal Partnership (PPP) or a consortium to be shaped by the provincial and federal governments, based on an official assertion issued by the Sindh CM Home.

CM Murad, the assertion talked about, mentioned he would research the choices and methods to make this occur.

The motorway undertaking envisages the development of a 306-kilometre lengthy, six-lane vast, access-controlled Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway. It’s proposed as a high-speed toll street facility for environment friendly and protected transportation, which is able to begin from Hyderabad and terminate at Naro Canal.

It was identified that PPP settlement for the development of the Motorway (M-6) undertaking was signed with a personal consortium in December 2022 however attributable to some motive the work couldn’t be began and the partnership was cancelled.

The federal minister proposed to the CM that the M6 could also be began from Karachi through Hyderabad to Sukkur as an alternative of being initiated from Hyderabad to Sukkur to facilitate the port visitors additionally and CM Murad agreed to the proposal.

One other proposal was mentioned underneath which the federal and provincial governments might kind a consortium to assemble the street on equal partnership. At this, the CM mentioned that his staff would research the proposal and get again to the ministry.

The assembly additionally mentioned a number of different issues together with upgradation of Lyari Expressway, NOC challenge of Hyperlink Street interchange, work on the street from Gharo to Keti Bundar, situation of street from Thatta to Keenjhar, work on Ghotki-Kandhkot bridge undertaking, development of Thul Hyperlink Street and pending completion of Jamshoro-Sehwan Street.