30 • GRAND TRUNK ROAD. 



up the right bank of the Indus to the northern 

 frontier, by improving and bridging the road 

 from Kurrachee to Tatta ; also by surveys for 

 improving the line of road from Tatta to Eoo- 

 kun in the Larkhana district ; by the partial 

 completion of a road along the Lukkee Pass 

 between Upper and Lower Sindh; by plans 

 and estimates for bridging the Aral river ; by 

 permanently bridging the road between Sukkur 

 and Shikarpoor, which was projected, be it re- 

 membered, by Sir Charles Napier; and by a 

 project for metalling the last-mentioned main 

 line of communication. Besides these, other 

 great works were projected, and only required 

 time for their completion. 



At the date of Sir Bartle Frere's assumption 

 of office there were in Sindh but very few 

 miles of road, and no permanent bridges save 

 in the immediate vicinity of the military camps. 

 There are now 624 miles of road permanently 

 bridged, and 8591 miles unbridged. Among the 

 bridges some have arches of considerable span ; 

 for example, those over the Gharr Canal and 

 the Western Narra, both erected under the 

 supervision of the deputy collector, and con- 

 sisting, the former of three arches of thirty feet 



