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ANALYSIS OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT FRAMEWORK FOR AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR

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dc.contributor.author DIAN, MALOOF UD
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-23T09:02:45Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-23T09:02:45Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.other 2007-NUST-MS-PhD-MEM-21
dc.identifier.uri http://10.250.8.41:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/37273
dc.description Supervisor: DR NAWAR KHAN en_US
dc.description.abstract The country’s growth potential is determined from the ability of its Government in planning and delivering infrastructure projects which are essential for sustainable growth. Transport infrastructures are the most important infrastructure having value addition of 3- 5% in global GDP. If the transport infrastructures are not developed as per requisite pace, economic growth of a country will be adversely effected. Pakistan suffers from dearth of infrastructures in transport, power and irrigation. Major part of transport sector in Pakistan is road sector having road density 0.32 Km/SqKm which is lower as compared to other developing countries of the region. Pakistan addressed this massive need of transport sector by launching National Trade Corridor Program (NTCP). Road is only mode of transportation in state of AJ&K hence economic growth of this region is highly dependent on development of road system. This study is conducted to evaluate the current status of transport infrastructure and challenges to be faced in developing these infrastructures on international standards in AJ&K which is ultimate requirement of the region. The study evaluated the data of PSDP of AJ&K with detail analysis of T&C sector. Focus of study remained on project planning, appraisal and approval, allocation and expenditure procedures to determine the bottlenecks in starting phases of project implementation. It was found from the analysis of data that road infrastructures in AJ&K are inferior with low travel speed, high transport tariff and high vehicle operating cost. The reasons behind these poor conditions were found implementation of projects without feasibility study and detail designing of civil work, incorrect time and cost estimation and inconsistent cash flow. National Development Strategy (NDS), long term plans and transport strategy were not prepared to address these issues which aggravate the problems. Transport sector projects implemented by ERRA after earthquake, 2005 were also evaluated as a case study for lesson learnt. The study developed a framework for transport sector of AJ&K which identified key actions on all levels to develop transport infrastructure. Recommendations were made for different levels to address this urgent need of quality transport infrastructure to improve socio-economic development in the region. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (CEME), NUST en_US
dc.title ANALYSIS OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT FRAMEWORK FOR AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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