MULTAN: An amazing combination of steel bridges that cut through magnificent rocky Suleman Mountain Range as a marvel of Japanese architecture and engineering technology has started supporting inter-provincial and cross-country traffic to accelerate economic activity through DG Khan-Fort Monroe segment of N-70 highway.
The mind boggling exercise to decorate the difficult most topography of Suleman Mountain Range with the Steel Box Girder Bridge began back in July 2016 with 142 million US dollar funding from Japan (Japan International Cooperation Agency, Jica) as a concessional loan at a very low mark up of 0.2 per cent payable in 40 years with a 10-year grace period.
The formal inauguration is likely to be held in April before start of the Holy month of Ramzan, according to the officials. It looks glorious symbolising Japan-Pakistan friendship and the support of the people of Japan to the people of Pakistan, says Teruki Hanazawa, the first secretary and deputy head of economic and development, embassy of Japan, during a visit to the project site along with a group of journalists last Wednesday, Feb 26. Hanazawa was accompanied by a consultant Ms. Naoka Kogure and media director Sajid Abbasi and the team also visited a middle school at Baseera in district Muzaffargarh for inauguration of its building that was completed recently utilizing Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). – Agencies
