´Economic Survey 2012´ released Saturday states that total 15 km black topped, 45 km gravel and 185 km earthen road were constructed by the Department of Roads (DoR) during the first eight months of the current fiscal year. [break]
With the new expansion, the total length of black topped, gravel and earthen roads touched 9,917 km, 5,715 km and 7,822 km so far respectively.
During the period, the number of vehicles plying across the country increased by 8.6 percent or 101,779 compared to the number recorded at the end of the last fiscal year.
“Vehicles plying per km reached to 55 by mid-March, up from 53 vehicles recorded until the end of last fiscal year,” states the survey.
With the addition of the new vehicles, total number of vehicles registered until mid-March reached to 1.28 million across the country.
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