ULAANTBATAR, MONGOLIA 5TH OCTOBER, 2018 • Pakistan has total population (Census-2017) : 207.77 Million • Urban Population: 75.58Million (36% share) • Rural Population: 132.19Million (64% share) • Total Road Length: 268,935 Km • High Type: 197,452 Km (Containing 12,131Km of 32 National Highways, Motorways, Expressways and Strategic Road Network) • Low Type: 71,483 Km (Mostly rural and irrigation roads administered by Local Government and Irrigation Department) PAKISTAN’s GEO-STRATEGIC LOCATION KARAGANDA KARKARALINKS AYOGUZ TURGAY URALSK AKTYUBINSK K A Z A K H S T A N KARSAKPAY CHELKAR SARY - SHAGAR TALDY KURGAN ARALSK GURYEV UKRAINE DZHURALY KZYL - ORDA ALMA ATA ARAL SEA FRUNZE CHIMKENT C A S P I A N S E A KYRGYZSTAN SHEVCHENKO UZBEKISTAN NARYNE NUKAS TAMDYHULAK OSHI TASHKENT C H I N A KASHGHAR URGENCH SAMARKAND LENINABAD NAVOI GEORGIA BUKHARA B L A C K S E A DUSHAHB KARSHI TAJIKISTAN KHUNJERAB KANSNOVODSK PASS FAIZABAD ARMINIA AZARBIJAN TURKMENISTAN TERMEZ ERZURUM ASHKHABAD MAR JAMMU Y & ISTANBOL - I - SHARIF SIVAS MAZAR KASHMIR DISPUTED ANKARA MASHAD TERRITORY TABRIZ ISLAMABAD KABUL PESHAWAR TEHRAN T U R K E Y HERAT LAHORE QOM I R A N KANDHAR MULTAN ESFAHAN AFGHANISTANQUETTA KERMAN I N D I A SUKKAR SHEERAZ BAM ZAHIDAN P A K I S T A N BANDAR ABBAS HYDERABAD KARACHI GWADAR ARABIAN S E A 3 National Highways and Motorways Khunjrab Pass Sust Karimabad CHINA Legend Chitral Kalam GILGIT National Highway Sazin Drosh Kwazakhela Motorway (Operational) Dasu Chilas Skardu Dir Motorway (Under construction) Besham Jalkhad Chakdara Naran National Capital Malakand Muzaffarabad Provincial Capital Mansehra Kashmir Torkham M-1 Nowshera (Disputed Territory) City/Town N-75 Parachinar PESHAWAR Murree Provincial Boundary ISLAMABAD Rawalpindi International Boundary Bannu Kharian Sarai Gambila Pindi Bhattian Dera Ismail Khan INDIA Mughal Kot M-3 Malana Wahgah LAHOR Zhob Faisalabad E Chamman Qila Saifullah Retra Okara M-4 Kuchlak D. G. Multan Mianchannu Loralai QUETTA Khan Mastung Nushki Sibi Bahawalpur Taftan Dadhar Dalbandin Nok Kundi Kalat Rajanpur Nuttal Surab Rahimyar Khan Jacobaba Ubauro Basima N-30 Khuzdar dRatodero IRAN Nag Sukkur Wad Kotri Kabir panjgur Dadu Moro Turbat Awaran Sehwan Hoshab Bela M-7 Hala Uthal Gabd Liari Hyderabad Jiwani M-9 Gwadar Pasni Ormara M-10 Kotri N-5 KARACH Thatta I ARABIAN SEA 3.5 3.07 3 2.5 2 1.77 1.7 1.52 1.5 1.04 1 1 0.69 0.68 0.5 0.32 0.29 0.23 0.14 0.12 0.08 0 UK USA Italy India Spain Brazil China Japan France Hungry Pakistan Malaysia Indonesia Argentina Source: National Highway Authority (NHA) Pakistan 1. Asphalt with Base & Sub-base: Used in Motorways, National Highways and major Provincial Highways. 2. TST/DST with Base & Sub-base: Used in Provincial Highways and rural roads. 3. RCC with base course: Used in Motorways and National Highways for low speed lane where there is massive heavy traffic. 4. Interlocking Concrete Pavers with base course: Used in congested commercial roads and there are many utility services underneath. 5. PCC with Base: Used in some of urban streets depending upon the conditions. 6. Brick Soling with Base: Used in some of the rural streets. • National Highway Authority (Administering Highways and Motorways Network of Pakistan) • Provincial Highways Authorities (Administering Provincial Roads) • Communications & Works Departments (Administering Local feeder roads) • Cantonment Board (Administering Cantonment Roads) • Local Government (Administering Rural Roads) • Irrigation Department (Administering Irrigation Roads) • Ministry of Climate Change at Federal Level • Ministry of Environment at Provincial Levels • Environment Protection Authority at Federal and Provincial Levels • Vehicular Emission Testing Services (VETS) • Highways and Motorways Network of Pakistan caters 80% of the total passenger Traffic and about 90% of Freight Traffic • However, Rural road networks plays more pivotal role in socio-economic development of a country due to major share of rural population in the country’s total population. • In Pakistan, 64% of the country’s population live in rural areas and are considered to be significant in terms of: • Access to basic facilities such as schools, hospitals, work places, and farm to Market. • Applicability and affordability of public transportation on rural roads such as Qingqis and Rikshaws • Prohibition of certain discharges or emissions (NEQS). Section 11 of PEPA, 1997 No person shall discharge or emit any effluent or waste or air pollutant or noise in an amount or level which is in excess of the National Environmental Quality Standards. • Regulation of motor vehicles (Section 15). No person shall operate a vehicle from which air pollution or noise are being emitted in excess of NEQS limits. Smoke opacity not to exceed 40% or 2 Ringlemann Scale or equivalent smoke number 10 Section 12 of Pakistan Environment Protection Act, 1997 No proponent of a project shall commence construction or operation unless he has filed an IEE with Environmental Protection Agency or where the project is likely to cause an adverse environmental effects an EIA, and has obtained from the Agency approval in respect thereof. 11 ACTION PLAN The Government is conscious of the immediate requirements to improve accessibility and mobility in the urban context which includes the following : 1. Institutional Arrangement 2. Modus Operandi 3. Bus Requirements 4. CNG Buses 5. Mass Transit 6. Financial Aspects 7. Terminal / Parking Facilities 8. Roadway Facilities 9. Safety 10. Vehicle Registration, Motor Vehicle Examination, Driver Training and Driving Licenses 11. OTHERS (Insurance, Fares, Enforcement, Monitoring System etc) 12 • Shifting mode of transport in Urban areas by introducing Mass Transit System • Projects Developed • Lahore Metro • Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro • Multan Metro • Projects In-progress • Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit System • Institutional Strengthening • Enforcement and Law reforms to control vehicle’s emission • Inadequate funding to transportation sector • Political driven prioritization of roads development • Lack of coordination among stakeholders • Safety aspects of transportation • Articulated type of vehicles on rural roads e.g. Qingqis • Insufficient maintenance budget to rural roads • Discrepancies in Data • Gender Based issues in accessibility by using public transportation • Capacity/Knowledge related issues • Applicability issues of other means of transportation Peshawar-Islamabad (M1) Islamabad-Lahore (M2) Peshawar-Karachi GT Road (N5) Peshawar Karachi, Indus Highway (N55) A type of public transport in Urban Areas A type of public transport in Rural Areas.