As the Diamer Basha groundbreaking news flashes, one wonders how the Karakoram Highway is in such a pathetic condition. The road between Thakot to Chilas is even worse. Small trucks take 20 hours to reach from Besham to Thor Nala. We need to build a road for 22 wheeler trucks and even if FWO starts repair-work on Karakorum Highway it will take ages to make the transport of heavy machinery possible. If they give it to a private contractor it will take more than 10 years to do the job – if we remember it took 2 months to open KKH last year where only 2 bridges were broken.
