Sialkot district government has approved as many as 32 different projects, costing Rs 50 million, under the Citizen Community Board (CCB), and development work on these projects would be initiated shortly in various parts of Sialkot district, disclosed Sialkot District Nazim Muhammad Akmal Cheema.
Talking to journalists here on Wednesday, he disclosed that 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 paid to the promotion of education and district government had allocated Rs 1.84 billion for the completion of different projects.
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.