to the city of Hyderabad, via an intersection with the N-5 National Highway. From there, the road will course towards the north towards the cities of Matiari, Tando Adam, Shahdadpur, and Nawabshah in central Sindh. It will then continue northwards towards Khairpur, and finally course northeast again towards the city of Rohri, which lies across the Indus River from Sukkur in northern Sindh province. From Rohri, a controlled-access motorway will continue onwards towards Multan and Islamabad. Financing Construction of the motorway is to cost an estimated $1.7 billion. While the government of China has extended low interest concessionary loans to cover large portions of CPEC infrastructure projects, the government of Pakistan in July 2016 decided to allow international bidding for the project, citing difficulty meeting Pakistan's required financial contributions for utilization of concessionary Chinese loans. Chinese and South Korean companies have reportedly shown early interest in the project. As of April, 2021, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended the Rs 191.47 bn, 306 km Hyderabad–Sukkur Motorway project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec). The construction of Hyderabad–Sukkur Motorway (M-6) will be done under public-private financing mode on the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. Construction As of April, 2021 The federal government deferred approval of Rs192 billion worth of Hyderabad–Sukkur motorway project due to proposed changes in its financing model, which now seeks Rs76 billion from the budget compared to the original plan of constructing the road with private sector funding. The Central Development Working Party (CDWP), which has a mandate to approve public sector projects, referred back the scheme to the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Authority for vetting the budget demand of Rs76 billion. As of April, 2021, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended the Rs 191.47 billion, 306 km Hyderabad–Sukkur Motorway project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec). The project would be included in the 2021 federal budget. It is to be implemented on the BOT user-charge basis with the provision of significantly higher financial contribution by the federal government through a capital and operational viability gap fund (VGF) to improve the financial viability of the project. The project is expected to be completed in 30 months The construction of Hyderabad–Sukkur Motorway (M-6) will be done under public-private financing mode on the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on 26 May 2021 approved 10 development