ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan praised the Ministry of Communication and the National Highway Authority (NHA) on Thursday for saving public money on highway and motorway building and rehabilitation under the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) administration.
The prime minister applauded the ministry of communication and the National Housing Authority (NHA) on saving public money through openness and digitization, despite global price hikes and inflation, on Twitter.
He stated that the PTI government cut the cost of building four-lane motorways by 138 percent as compared to the PML-N administration.
According to the premier’s data, the PML-N spent Rs 411 million on four-lane highways between 2013 and 2018, compared to Rs 172 million for the PTI. This represents a cost savings of 138 percent.
Congratulations to Min of Communication & NHA for saving public money through transparency & digitisation:4 lane highway – 138% reduced cost from PMLN govt; 125% increase in revenues & Rs.5.18 bn worth land freed from encroachments. All this despite global price hikes & inflation pic.twitter.com/50kqlFDgAQ
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 6, 2022
The statistics also revealed that the PML-N built four-lane highways for Rs606 million during its last tenure, compared to Rs385 million for PTI, a 53 percent cheaper cost than the PML-N.
He also revealed that the Nawaz Sharif-led party paid Rs80.1 million per kilometre on road rehabilitation, compared to PTI’s expenditure of Rs53 million per kilometre, which was 51 percent lower.
Imran Khan’s research also revealed that the PTI generated Rs184.14 billion in revenue during its tenure, a 125 percent increase over the PML-Rs81.78 N’s billion.
During the PTI’s mandate, land worth Rs.5.18 billion was freed from encroachment, according to the prime minister.
