Islamabad:
Federal Minister for Communication Abdul Aleem Khan instructed National Highway Authority (NHA) on Friday to ensure an integrated audit system, improve economic discipline and adopt fundamental changes aimed at transforming the organization into a profitable, self -supporting institution with an annual income target of RS 500 billion.
The minister was chairman of a high-level meeting at the NHA headquarters and expressed satisfaction over the unprecedented increase of RS50 billion in NHA’s own resources within the past year, it called a historic milestone as the authority will continue to increase it every year, a press release said.
Khan said the release of funds in the name of patchwork and repair is stopped because it is a cause of corruption. He clarified that now instead of repairing, new construction of the road will be implemented so that it can have long -term benefits and proper utilization of funds.
He said that a coordinated and uniform policy should also be implemented for “right to path” for commercial use of NHA land on both sides of highways and national highways that should be outsourced and reviewed every three months.
The minister said there is a need for NHA to build his structure on the pattern in the business sector, take help from the private sector of qualified and professional experts and offer them attractive packages. He said that the execution of NHA officers must be evaluated according to the given goals and that those who meet the goals will be assigned cash incentives.
