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NHA launches e-billing system to help eradicate corruption

In a bid to ensure transparency and help eradicate corruption, National Highway Authority (NHA) has launched e-billing system that would save cost and time, increase efficiency, effectiveness and improve managerial control.

Addressing a ceremony after formally inaugurating the e-billing system at NHA Headquarters, Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Service Murad Saeed has recently said that e-billing system was part of the Prime Minister vision for ending corruption, improve transparency and provide good governance.

Murad Saeed said that with the launch of NHA mobile application and now e-billing system, the NHA has opened all its record for the public and media. He said that NHA mobile app was launched to provide necessary information particularly the projects implementation, execution, and progress in their desired region.

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It is worth mentioning here that NHA generated Rs. 43.32 billion revenue during eleven months of the fiscal year 2018-19 compared to Rs. 28.64 billion in 2017-18, registering an increase of 51.25 percent during this period.

The minister highlighted that authorities have recovered Rs. 7 billion and deposited the amount to the national exchequer. The report said that billions of rupees were also recovered under the anti-encroachment campaign of the government; however, the recovery ratio during the last regime was nil.

The primary objective of launching this system containing facilities such as e-billing, e-tendering, and mobile app has been introduced in the ministry to enhance transparency.

During the reign of the previous government, Mr. Saeed said that not only the minister and parliamentary secretary used vehicles of the NHA and received hefty TA and DA allowances but he did not spend a single penny of the national exchequer to cover the fuel or transport expenses and has not even claimed the TA&DA allowances.

Moreover, NHA had also launched an anti-encroachment drive for 2018-19 and under this drive 3,347 encroachments were removed and eventually authorities recaptured 448.25 kanals of land.

Notably, NHA has also planted 757,926 trees along motorways and national highways during 2018-19 under Clean and Green Pakistan Programme. And the authorities further plan to initiate a new plants’ growing drive from August 1 to 14 this year.

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