HYDERABAD, Feb 9: The chairman, National Highway Authority, Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed, here on Saturday visited the under construction Hala-Moro additional carriageway and reviewed progress of the work.
Speaking on the occasion, the chairman said that the development and expansion of the highway network would help in economic progress.
The highways always played a vital role in the promotion of economic and social activities and the government was giving top priority to highways, he added.
He further said that billions of rupees were being spent on the construction and extension of the highways and efforts were being made to ensure the quality of work.
Mr Javed said that it was essential to derive maximum benefit from the latest research and experiences to construct highways on modern lines.
He stressed to complete the projects within the available resources and according to schedule.
The chairman said that keeping in view the importance of Sindh province, special attention should be paid towards its highway projects.
The general manager of the Sindh NHA informed the chairman that the work on Hala-Moro section (114 kilometres) was in progress which would cost Rs1.8 billion and added that Rs1.148 billion had already been spent on the project till now.
SEMINAR: The department of cardiology, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, organized a seminar on the topic of Meeting the Challenges of Deadly Triad (diabetes, hypertension/CV diseases and kidney diseases) at the university campus on Saturday.
The vice chancellor, LUMHS, Professor Jan Mohammad Memon, inaugurated and presided over the one-day seminar.
Speaking on the occasion, Professor Memon announced that research on diabetes would be started at the LUMHS.
Professor Samad Shera recommended that diabetic clinics should be set up in every health institution and the district hospitals.
The experts disclosed that around 30 million people were diabetic patients in the world.
They stressed the need for health education to diagnose the disease.
Dr Shera said that the diabetic patients of type-one could eat limited quantity of fruits, potato and rice.