Over Rs 600 million road network plan initiated
SIALKOT (June 20 2007): Sialkot district government has initiated a road network plan costing over Rs 600 million, under which repair and reconstruction of 127 roads in Sialkot, Daska, Pasrur and Sambrial tehsils of the district are being accomplished.
District Nazim Muhammad Akmal Cheema disclosed this while talking to reporters here on Tuesday. To streamline the traffic system, a comprehensive plan is being prepared by the Sialkot district government. Keeping in view the requirements of the next 50 years, a ring road would be constructed, he said.
Akmal Cheema said that construction work on Sialkot-Lahore road, costing Rs 20 billion would be carried out soon, which, on completion, would help reduce the travelling distance. The Nazim further revealed that Rs 55 million were being spent on widening of BRB Canal Bridge near Daska city, while Rs 350 million were being spent on widening of Sialkot-Head Marala road for channelling the traffic.
Akmal disclosed that more than Rs 45.2 million were being spent on agriculture technology, agricultural research, improvement of irrigation system, and provision of quality seeds and to ensure extension of agriculture. The step had been taken for introducing new agricultural technologies for increasing per acre yield of crops in Sialkot district, he added.
The District Nazim revealed that as many as 66 watercourses were nearing completion, of which 41 watercourses were being constructed in canal areas, and 25 in Barani area. The completion of these watercourses would not only ensure sufficient irrigation water, but would also prevent wastage of water in the district, he added.
Apart from this, he said adequate arrangements had been made for imparting agricultural education to the farmers and cultivators, besides exhibition plots were being prepared in various parts of the district for dissemination of necessary information to the growers about various crops.
The District Nazim disclosed that all out efforts were being made for the promotion of livestock sector at a cost of Rs 5.87 million besides seven veterinary dispensaries had been established, while rupees three million were available for undertaking new projects in Sialkot district.
Akmal vowed to convert Sialkot district into a model district of the Punjab and for this purpose all available resources were being mobilised in transparent manner for further accelerating the pace of development work.
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SIALKOT (June 20 2007): Sialkot district government has initiated a road network plan costing over Rs 600 million, under which repair and reconstruction of 127 roads in Sialkot, Daska, Pasrur and Sambrial tehsils of the district are being accomplished.
District Nazim Muhammad Akmal Cheema disclosed this while talking to reporters here on Tuesday. To streamline the traffic system, a comprehensive plan is being prepared by the Sialkot district government. Keeping in view the requirements of the next 50 years, a ring road would be constructed, he said.
Akmal Cheema said that construction work on Sialkot-Lahore road, costing Rs 20 billion would be carried out soon, which, on completion, would help reduce the travelling distance. The Nazim further revealed that Rs 55 million were being spent on widening of BRB Canal Bridge near Daska city, while Rs 350 million were being spent on widening of Sialkot-Head Marala road for channelling the traffic.
Akmal disclosed that more than Rs 45.2 million were being spent on agriculture technology, agricultural research, improvement of irrigation system, and provision of quality seeds and to ensure extension of agriculture. The step had been taken for introducing new agricultural technologies for increasing per acre yield of crops in Sialkot district, he added.
The District Nazim revealed that as many as 66 watercourses were nearing completion, of which 41 watercourses were being constructed in canal areas, and 25 in Barani area. The completion of these watercourses would not only ensure sufficient irrigation water, but would also prevent wastage of water in the district, he added.
Apart from this, he said adequate arrangements had been made for imparting agricultural education to the farmers and cultivators, besides exhibition plots were being prepared in various parts of the district for dissemination of necessary information to the growers about various crops.
The District Nazim disclosed that all out efforts were being made for the promotion of livestock sector at a cost of Rs 5.87 million besides seven veterinary dispensaries had been established, while rupees three million were available for undertaking new projects in Sialkot district.
Akmal vowed to convert Sialkot district into a model district of the Punjab and for this purpose all available resources were being mobilised in transparent manner for further accelerating the pace of development work.
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