Lai Expressway is the 17 km long under construction alternative road to connect

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

IJP Road Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed Road ( ur, کرنال شیر خان شہید روڈ), previously known as the IJP Road ( ur, آئی جے پی روڈ), or the IJ Principal Road, is one of the busiest roads in the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area ...

with

GT Road The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. ...

. The initial cost of the project is estimated at PKR.70 billion. It will be built with the participation of

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

and private institutions.

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field office ...

will provide 10 billion rupees for the installation of sewage treatment plant associated with this project.

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