ISLAMABAD: Owing to the incompetence of the National Highway Authority (NHA) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to prepare work strategy, the inauguration of the New Islamabad International Airport could face further delay, Pakistan Today learnt reliably. Due to the poor road planning by NHA, the inauguration of the airport is unlikely to meet the fourth deadline – March 2018. The two dams naming Rama and Kassana are also being constructed for the storage of water for the airport use. Talking to Pakistan Today, NHA spokesperson Kashif Zaman said that both the access roads for the airport via Talian Interchange and GT Road Interchange would be opened in January 2018. The portion from Peshawar Mor up to GT Road Interchange including the stations will be opened in March 2018, he said.

Source: Pakistan Today December 30, 2017 18:22 UTC