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Chapter 23

HIGHWAYS DIVISION

Muzaffargarh is situated at important crossroads where Muzaffargarh-Alipur
Road leads further towards Sindh; Muzaffargarh-DG Khan Road eventually
links Punjab to Balochistan; and other roads from the District run towards
upcountry through Mianwali, Jhang and Multan. Most of the imports and
exports going to and from Karachi Port also traverse the district. Moreover,
the presence of biggest oil refinery of Pakistan in Mehmoodkot area also
makes it destination of hundreds of oil tankers originating from all parts of
the country on daily basis.

Highways Division, Muzaffargarh was established in 1971 with 2 Sub-
Divisions. Prior to that, i.e. 1936-1971, the construction/maintenance of
roads of the district had remained under the control of Public Works
Department (PWD), Provincial Highways Division, Multan and Provincial
Highways Sub-Division, Multan.

At present, Highways Division Muzaffargarh comprises 1 Executive Engineer,
2 Sub-Divisional Officers, 5 Sub-Engineers, and 37 other employees of
various grades.

There are 616 roads that have been constructed or improved by the Division
with cumulative length of 4241 km since its establishment. The most
important project which the Division undertook in recent years has been the
dualisation of Muzaffargarh-DG Khan Road. The project was initiated on
October 12, 2017, and was formally inaugurated on December 20, 2019 at a
cost of Rs. 6157 million.

The main roads which traverse the district are as follows:

NAME OF ROADS
1. Mianwali-Muzaffargarh Road; length 72 km

2. Khushab-Muzaffargarh Road; length 89 km
3. Rangpur Chowk Munda road up to Pull Qamber; length 83 km
4. Muzaffargarh-Panjnad-Trandah Muhammad Pannah Road; length 98 km
5. Jatoi to Karam Dad Qureshi road; length 82 km
6. Karam Dad Qureshi-Kot Addu-Layyah road; length 90 km
7. Muzaffargarh-DG Khan Road; length 31.90 km

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