CDWP approved ML1 project of 7.2 Billion USD for 2nd Phase of CPEC

CDWP approved ML1 project & recommended to ECNEC with cost 7.2 Bn USD in Phase 2 of CPEC

سی ڈی ڈبلیو پی نے ایم ایل ون منصوبے کی منظوری دے دی

سی ڈی ڈبلیو پی نے 7.20 ارب ڈالر کے ایم ایل ون منصوبے کی منظوری دیدی: عاصم سلیم باجوہ

اب پاکستان میں بھی 350 کلومیٹر فی گھنٹہ کی رفتار سے ٹرین چلے گی ۔ سی ٹی ڈبلیو پی نے 7 اعشاریہ 2 ارب روپے لاگت کا ریلوے ایم ایل ون منصوبہ منظور کرلیا ۔ پشاور سے کراچی 1872 کلومیٹر ریلوے ٹریک اپ گریڈ کیا جائے گا ۔ حویلیاں میں ڈرائے پورٹ کا قیام منصوبے میں شامل

Project scope includes dualization & Upgradation of 1872km Railway track from Karachi to Peshawar & build Dry Port at Havelian.

ML-1 starts from Karachi, passes through Kotri/ Hyderabad, Rohri, Multan, Lahore, Rawalpindi and terminates at Peshawar.

The ML-1 project, a 1,872km-long track from Peshawar to Karachi, will be completed in the next five years. The track will be fenced under the project. Bridges and crossings will also be constructed.

The Main Line-I (ML-I) project of Pakistan Railways, under which the Peshawar-Karachi track is to be upgraded, will create around 190,000 jobs (including both direct and indirect) for technical and non-technical workforce.

The development of ML-I would include fencing on both sides, repair of bridges and laying of new track from Peshawar to Karachi. The project would remove all unmanned level crossings on the railway network of ML-I.

The travel time from Rawalpindi to Karachi will reduce from 22 hours to 10 hours. A train will reach Lahore from Rawalpindi in just 2.5 hours. The number of trains will double with the completion of the project. The freight share will increase to 20% which is currently less than 4%.

ML1 project envisages;

• Establishment of a dry port near Havelian Railway Station;
• Up gradation of Pakistan Railway Academy Walton in Lahore;
• Passenger facilities development of important railway stations

With ML-1:

• Doubling of entire track from Karachi to Peshawar
• Speed of passenger trains would increase from 65/110 km/h to 160 km/h
• Speed of the freight trains to increase upto 120km/h
• Line capacity will increase from 34 to 137/171 trains each way per day
• Freight trains trailing load to be increased from 2400 to 3400 tons

ML-1 will be upgraded from Peshawar to Karachi under CPEC Project and travelling will reduce to 10 hours