Shaikh Badin National Park road connected to CPEC Western route

Gwadar Pro

Peshawar: Provincial Minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur has said that Shaikh Badin National Park road had been connected to Islamabad (Hakla)-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway Western route of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

In a statement, the minister, who does not have a portfolio, remarked that work was in full swing on the road project to Shaikh Badin National Park.

“The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federal Ministry of Climate Change will start eco-tourism project at Shaikh Badin soon,” he stated.

Gandapur pointed out that Shaikh Badin was a national park and had also been notified as a heritage site. “Shaikh Badin has 100s of plant/animal species, referred to as an ‘ecological island’ by experts. The hill destination would be preserved under protected areas initiative,” he maintained.