KARACHI, Feb 11: Federal Minister for Communications Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui has said that a six-lane Karachi-Hyderabad motorway project would be launched soon whereas the four-lane Karachi-Peshawar motorway would be completed by 2012.

The minister was talking to newsmen during his visit to Nooriabad-Hyderabad section of the highway to inspect progress of the project on Saturday.

He noted that the work on this project, being executed under the National Highway improvement programme, was in full swing and would be completed in October this year.

Regarding the rehabilitation of the affected families of the Lyari Expressway project, he said the government was giving every affected family an alternative plot and Rs50,000 in compensation. Hopefully, the rehabilitation work would be completed by June 2007, he said in reply to a question.

The minister directed the authorities concerned to take appropriate measures with regard to the safety plan to improve traffic management with a view to prevent causalities on Supper Highway.—Online