Sialkot district government spending Rs 400 million on new roads

Sialkot District Government is spending more than Rs 400 million during the current fiscal year on construction of 200 km long new roads in Sialkot, Pasrur, Daska and Sambrial tehsils of the district. The work on the project would be started soon in all tehsil headquarters.
Official sources told Business Recorder here on Sunday that the construction of 93 roads had already been completed at a cost of more than Rs 356 million while repair and rehabilitation of 85 roads at a cost of Rs 230 million had also been completed.
The district government will Rs spend 16.4 million on purchase of new hospital machinery for improvement of Allama Iqbal Hospital and extending modern treatment facilities to the patients. More than Rs 58.8 million will be spent on purchase of medicines for government hospitals of Sialkot district, and Rs 25 million will be spent on repair and construction of government hospitals and dispensaries.