Akmal Cheema disclosed that district government was spending more than Rs 1.22 billion on the construction of 85 different roads in Sialkot district adding that construction work on these roads is on different stages and efforts were being made for the completion within stipulated period. The steps had been taken for improving the means of communication and linking the far-off areas with their respective Tehsil headquarters in the district, he said.
Cheema revealed that Sialkot-Head Marala road was being converted into dual carriage at a cost of Rs 350 million and development work on the project would undertaken soon.
The Sialkot district government had approved as many as 32 different projects costing Rs 50 million under Citizen Community Board (CCB) and development work on these projects would be initiated shortly in various parts of Sialkot district, disclosed District Nazim Sialkot Muhammad Akmal Cheema.
More than Rs 50 million were being spent on the widening and reconstruction of BRB canal bridge near Daska city for streamlining the traffic on Sialkot-Gujranwala road while Rs 20 million would be spent on the widening and improvement of Daska bypass road for reducing the traffic problems. In addition to this Sialkot-Gujranwala road would be converted into dual carriageway at the estimated cost of Rs 1.20 billion, he added.
Special attention he said had been accorded on the promotion of education and district government had allocated Rs 1.84 billion for the completion of different projects. Akmal Cheema said in order to provide better health cover to the masses at their doorstep Rs 260 million were being spent for improvement of rural health centres and basic health units in the district.
The Sialkot District Nazim pledged that district government would play an instrumental role for the betterment of the common man and ensure maximum relief for the general public of the district. Akmal Cheema said that all available resources were being mobilised for converting Sialkot district into a model district of the Punjab.