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Swat Motorway Phase - II

From 30th September 2020, Chakdara Toll Plaza and the entire Swat Motorway will be fully operational for the citizens. Swat Motorway is the first ever Motorway, constructed by a Provincial Government of #KP, & it’ll be further extended!



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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has successfully completed the construction of 1st ever Provincial Motorway in Swat, and is now fully operational for citizens. 81 kilometres long Motorway from M1 till Chakdara will be further extended (Swat Motorway-II & Dir Motorway).

#SwatMotorway, flagship project of KP Government will boost local & international tourism in Kalam, Kumrat, Malam Jabba and Chitral. It’ll generate jobs for locals and improve economy including Agriculture economy. The route will turn into future international trade corridor.

#Tourism #Pakistan #Swat

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I'm just curious, how much milaawat goes in concrete etc?
for eg, In India The side roads tunnels for flood rain water built both side of roads, its very normal it would cave in 1 or 2 places cause very less iron is used while covering them.
 
I'm just curious, how much milaawat goes in concrete etc?
for eg, In India The side roads tunnels for flood rain water built both side of roads, its very normal it would cave in 1 or 2 places cause very less iron is used while covering them.
On other roads that does happen but not on motorways. They have been built with really good quality.
 
Recently completed the remaining section of Swat Motorway project phase 1 from Kernal Sher Khan Interchange till Chakdara Extension of Swat Motorway is also planned from Chakdara Interchange till Chakrai.




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𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨f 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲
DG FWO performed the Groundbreaking of Main Service Areas of Swat Motorway near Katlang on 30 December 2020. Existing temporary facilities will be replaced with good quality proper Main Service Areas facilities for commuters very soon InshAllah.



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Clarification.... M-16

It is, with a two lane diversion road in between, from approximately after the plai interchange till the last tunnel. It was covered and discussed extensively here. Phase 2 only got land acquisition funds released recently.

The motorway was originally supposed to be built using usual blasting of the mountain faces till the tunnels. But surveys were found to be flawed and the mountain faces too steep and high to be feasible for blasting. They did cut a lot, but soon land sliding and other issues became too frequent so designs were revised and thus the diversion got constructed. Yes, its a new road regardless and scales the mountains from the opposite side.

The new designs and agreements included two more tunneled passages and a couple of high bridges which effectively delayed the project substantially, not to mention FWO had to pay for those from its own resources. So now the project has six total tunnels which are now structurally complete as seen in the videos.

But recently, the designs were revised when landsliding became an issue yet again so now they will be adding open tunnels, further delaying phase-I.
Good thing is FWO is learning
Hopefully we wont need foreign companies building simple roads and tunnels in pakistan in the future

Hope we learn to build dams as well
 

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