Sialkot district government is spending more than Rs 1.84 billion to promote education in the district during the current fiscal year, District Nazim Akmal Cheema told Business Recorder here on Sunday.
He said that Rs520 million had been allocated for 'primary school councils' to meet the requirements immediately, while Rs 25,000 each would be spent on the repair of 178 high schools of the district.
He said that Rs2.25 million were being spent on the welfare of special children, who would be provided free textbooks, uniforms, wheelchairs and hearing aid instruments besides pick and drop facility and Rs 200 as stipend per month.
The step had been taken for making the special kids useful citizens of the society and enabling them to play their due role in all round development of the country, he said.
More than Rs110 million would be spent on the establishment of veterinary centres and agriculture laboratory to facilitate farmers, he added. The district nazim said that special attention had been accorded on the proper utilisation of development funds and timely completion of the projects.
Akmal Cheema further revealed that Rs130 million had already been allocated to improve the communication system in Sialkot district. Under the programme all link roads and highways would be repaired and reconstructed for ensuring smooth and safe travelling facility to the masses, he added.
More than Rs119.1 million had been utilised on the accomplishment of 72 schemes of roads of which 39 schemes had so far been completed. Apart from this as many as 93 new projects costing Rs418.5 million had been approved by the district government, he added.
Special attention had also been accorded on the completion of watercourses in the district and Rs40 million would be spent on the completion of 50 watercourses in canal areas and 17 in Barani areas of Sialkot district, he added.
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