Hazara Motorway | Mansehra to Thahkot CPEC | Roads of Pakistan

Instagram:   / gripontripwithomerbutt   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gripontripwi... Hazara Motorway or M-15 Motorway is a 180 kilometer controlled-access motorway linking the Burhan Interchange near Hasan Abdal in Punjab province with Haripur, Havelian, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Shinkiari, Battagram, and Thakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The project is divided into 7 packages; the first four (from Burhan to Mansehra) are already completed and were inaugurated on 27 December 2017 & 18 November 2019. The motorway is not being financed by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, but will instead be financed by the Asian Development Bank,[2] along with a ₨10.021 billion (US$71 million) grant from the United Kingdom. Syed Zaheer ul Islam (Commissioner Hazara Division) said that 78.78 percent work has been completed on Mansehra to Thakot section. This section would likely to be completed by end of May 2020 depends on COVID-19. The motorway starts from Havelian, passes through Abbottabad, Mansehra and Shinkiari, and ends at Thakot. The motorway has five tunnels two at Abbottabad and one each at Battal, Karmong and Mansehra. Up to Mansehra, its 39 km portion is six-lane controlled access portion while the remaining 79 km will be four lane road Grip on Trip is all about revealing the real picture of Pakistani terrain from the depths of Arabian Sea to its highest vintage points like Karakoram Mountain Range, from lush green valleys of Kashmir to the vast wilderness of Thar, from Golden Sand Beaches of Gawadar to Hooper glacier of Hunza, from Mud Volcanoes of Lasbela to Suspension Bridges of Northern areas, from the most challenging Fairy Meadows Track to world's second highest plateau Deosai, from the relics of Indus Civilization to the mega metropolitan cities. Grip on Trip is your key to explore the people, food, weather, architecture, culture & history of Pakistan,and provides a complete travel information to tourits. #besthighways #pakistanmotorway #roadtrip