{"id":81946,"date":"2021-12-04T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=81946"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:56:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T10:56:39","slug":"gilgit-skardu-road-to-be-inaugurated-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gilgit-skardu-road-to-be-inaugurated-next-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Gilgit-Skardu Road to be inaugurated next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to inaugurate the Strategic Highway 1 (S-1) 167-kilometre-long Gilgit-Skardu Road in the coming week, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gilgit-baltistan-chitral-highway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gilgit-baltistan-chitral-highway.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gilgit-Baltistan-Chitral Highway approved, timeline shared on completion of Jaglot-Skardu Road<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the prime minister is likely to visit Skardu and officiate the road infrastructure\u2019s inauguration. This project was revived in 2017 and has taken four years to complete. However, it was highlighted that tunnels and alignments \u2013 which were designed as part of an upgrade plan designed by the Frontier Works Organisation \u2013 have not been developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/skardu-international-airport-tourism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Skardu to have a new international airport to promote tourism\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been highlighted that the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/jaglot-skardu-road-expansion-project-update.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jaglot<\/a> to Skardu Road has been enhanced at various points which includes widening of road and constructions where it was missing. The route was familiar to locals despite its sharp and dangerous turns, however, it was avoided by tourists who preferred to travel by air or visit other easily accessible places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally developed by FWO in 1984, the road has been in bad condition owing to the heavy snowfall and frequent landslides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to inaugurate the Strategic Highway 1 (S-1) 167-kilometre-long Gilgit-Skardu Road in the coming week, according to news sources. Read: Gilgit-Baltistan-Chitral Highway approved, timeline shared on completion of Jaglot-Skardu Road Reportedly, the prime minister is likely to visit Skardu and officiate the road infrastructure\u2019s inauguration. This project was revived in 2017 and has taken four years to complete. However, it was highlighted that tunnels and alignments \u2013 which were designed as part of an upgrade plan designed by the Frontier Works Organisation \u2013 have not been developed. Read: \u2018Skardu to have a new international airport to promote tourism\u2019 It has been highlighted that the new Jaglot to Skardu Road has been enhanced at various points which includes widening of road and constructions where it was missing. The route was familiar to locals despite its sharp and dangerous turns, however, it was avoided by tourists who preferred to travel by air or visit other easily accessible places. Originally developed by FWO in 1984, the road has been in bad condition owing to the heavy snowfall and frequent landslides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":61831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[23472,49866],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-frontier-works-organisation-fwo","10":"tag-gilgit-skardu-road-to-be-inaugurated-next-week","11":"cat-15016-id","12":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gilgit-Skardu Road to be inaugurated next week - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to inaugurate the Strategic Highway 1 (S-1) 167-kilometre-long Gilgit-Skardu Road in the coming week,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gilgit-skardu-road-to-be-inaugurated-next-week.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gilgit-Skardu Road to be inaugurated next week - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to inaugurate the Strategic Highway 1 (S-1) 167-kilometre-long Gilgit-Skardu Road in the coming week,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gilgit-skardu-road-to-be-inaugurated-next-week.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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