Work on KCR begins in Dec, says Sindh CM
beijng — Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that groundbreaking of the Karachi Circular Railway project, a part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor framework, would be performed by the end of this year.
“The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has accorded approval to the project and we intend to start work on the project by the end of December,” he said here.
The Sindh chief minister along with other provincial chief ministers accompanied Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Kaqiang.
Giving the details of the project, Murad Ali Shah said that his government had proposed two projects — Karachi Circular Railway and Ketty Bandar project — under the CPEC framework.
“We completed the feasibility of the Karachi Circular Railway in just three months and submitted its report to the federal government for approval in March this year,” he added.
Responding to a question about meetings of the prime minister with Chinese leader, he said: “By attending the Belt and Road Forum together, the four chief ministers gave a positive signal to the Chinese leadership that the entire nation was united on close friendly and economic relations between Pakistan and with China.”
Murad Ali Shah said that Chinese President Xi Jinping particularly appreciated all political forces for their participation in the forum.
He said the Sindh government stands shoulder to shoulder with the federal government on Pakistan-China friendship and the CPEC initiative.
Terming CPEC an important flagship programme under One Belt One Road Initiative, he said it is indeed an important project and the Sindh government considered this project beneficial for both Pakistan and China.
Murad Ali Shah expressed the confidence that CPEC would prove beneficial for the entire country. —
We completed the feasibility of the Karachi Circular Railway in just three months and submitted its report to the federal govt for approval in March
Murad Ali Shah, Sindh CM