Farmers cast urea fertilizer in a rice plantation on the expropriated and now redistributed farm of El Charcote in the central state of Cojedes October 14, 2010. El Charcote became a symbol of Chavez's socialist revolution when he sent soldiers to seize it in a 2005 push to break up major ranches and repopulate rural areas largely abandoned since Venezuela's oil industry took off in the 1920s. The government recently bought the last 500,000 acres (200,000 hectares) of land on the farm, a vast cattle ranch that until 2005 belonged to one of Britain's wealthiest families, the Vesteys, and 130,000 cattle, part of a new drive by Chavez to increase state control of food in South America's top oil producer. Picture taken October 14, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE)
Punjab Minister for Communication and Works Malik Tanveer Aslam has said that the Khadim-e-Punjab Rural Road Programme is a revolutionary project for the construction and revamping of rural roads throughout Punjab.
1650km of rural roads were constructed brand new or revamped in the third phase of the programme at a cost of Rs 18 billion. Including the first two phases, a total of more than 5000km of rural roads have been completed at a cost of Rs 51 billion.
These roads have made possible the hassle-free transport of animals and agricultural goods, as well as easy access to health and educational facilities for the rural population.
