LAHORE: Work on protection of state as well as people’s land in the tribal areas of South Punjab has been started for the first time in the history of Punjab.Reliable sources told daily Jang.
Peshawar
May 27, 2021
MANSEHRA: The Member Provincial Assembly Laiq Muhammad Khan inaugurated the construction work on Rs240 million Judbah-Thakot road on Wednesday.
“This an highly important artery would bring the major economic changes in lives of Torghar people as it would link latter with Hazara Expressway way and Karakoram Highway in Thakot area,” Laiq Khan, who is also the chairman of the district development advisory committee, told the inaugural ceremony held in Judbah, the district headquarters of Torghar district. The local tribesmen danced to the drums’ beat to express their pleasure and happiness as it was one of their longstanding demands.
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JAMMU: Jammu & Kashmir constructed a record 3,300 km of rural roads in 2020-21 under various schemes, thereby providing safe and secure all-weather connectivity to remote habitations across the union territory.
Revealing this at a meeting on Wednesday, J&K chief secretary B V R Subrahmanyam said that the administration has now fixed a target to construct 4,200 km of road length in 2021-22. Most of the work was undertaken under the flagship programme ‘Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana’.
While appreciating the progress made in the previous financial year, the chief secretary observed that the public works department (PWD) registered an unprecedented achievement by completing 3,300 km of rural roads under various schemes, and should utilize the acquired expertise in fast-tracked project execution to achieve even better results. The projected target for 2021-22 includes 800 km and 3,400 km rural roads in Kashmir and Jammu provinces, respectively.