LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the PML-N government is pursuing the policy of composite development of both urban and rural areas so that all the people could equally benefit from the government policies. He said that a mega program of construction and rehabilitation of rural roads under Khadim-e-Punjab Rural Roads Program is going on in full swing to develop the rural areas and to help bring prosperity for the village-dwellers.
He was talking to a delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-N here today.
He said that the mega project of Khadim-e-Punjab Rural Roads is very important and this scheme of construction and rehabilitation of roads in rural areas is the largest project in the history of the country which has left lasting impacts on the agricultural economy. “Pakian Sarkan Sokhay Painday” Program has helped to provide latest facilities of roads network for the people living in different villages. It has also strengthened the agricultural economy through construction of carpeted roads in rural areas
Similarly, farmers are also facilitated in taking their agricultural produce to the markets, he added.
The Chief Minister said that “Pakian Sarkan Sokhay Painday” Program has emerged as a game-changer initiative for the rural economy as it has benefitted every segment of the society living there. This program has revolutionized the rural areas by catalysing development & prosperity.
He said that construction and rehabilitation of 6, 698 km long roads in rural areas have been completed with an amount of Rs 67 billion. Meanwhile, Rs 17 billion will be spent on construction and rehabilitation of rural roads in the upcoming fiscal year and 1, 400 kilometer long roads will be constructed in different areas.
He said that speedy, qualitative and transparent completion of development projects is the policy of the Punjab government and the high-quality construction of rural roads has been ensured through this policy.
