Summary Ch Sarwar said PM has initiated development projects for the people in urban as well as rural areas.
LAHORE (Web Desk) - Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said that Sahiwal will be linked with Lahore-Karachi motorway via a two-way expressway from Sahiwal to Samundri interchange next year.
Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony to carpet 8-kilometer long Sahiwal by-pass in Sahiwal on Thursday, he said the 9 billion rupees scheme will be included in the Annual Development Program of the next fiscal budget of Punjab, adding the government is focused on the completion of development projects so that promised with the masses are fulfilled.
Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar said, on the special intervention of Prime Minister Imran Khan, repair and carpeting of Lahore-Sahiwal GT Road scheme has started which will cost 3.059 billion rupees and will be completed by June 2022 in phases.
Hailing initiatives of Federal Minister for Communications Murad Saeed, the Governor Punjab said work on the project for construction and repair of all GT roads in Punjab has started, adding that a motorway from Samundri to Sahiwal is on the cards which will connect Sahiwal to the Lahore-Karachi Motorway and save time besides promoting trade and business.
He said GT Road is the backbone of country’s economy as 70 percent transport relies on it, adding that the carpeting of Lahore-Sahiwal G.T. Road will cut down the travelling time by half an hour.
He said that the development projects are being implemented in all the districts of Punjab without discrimination, adding that development projects in health and education sectors are the top priority of the government.
He said that previous governments had given priority to only a few cities in terms of development projects, but the present government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan has initiated development projects for the people in urban as well as rural areas.
