Amraiz Khan
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar laid a foundation stone of project of construction of link road on Saturday in Mian Channu.
Speaking on this occasion, Usman Buzdar said that Rs 11 crore would be spent on the construction of 9 km long road from Pull Rappherwali to 9/R. He said that with the completion of this project, better transport facilities would be available to the people of the area. He said that PTI government has launched a programme ‘Naya Pakistan Manzilain Aasan’ for strengthening the rural economy of the province.
Under this project, thousands kilometers long roads of rural areas would be constructed as well repaired with a cost of billions of rupees during the next year. He said carpeted roads were being constructed in rural areas of the province. He said that project ‘Naya Pakistan Manzilain Aasan’ will prove to be a game changer for rural economy. Punjab Minister Syed Hussain Jehania Gardezi and MPA Syed Abbas Ali Shah were also present on this occasion among others.
Later, provincial ministers Hussain Jehania Gardezi, Malik Nauman Langrial, PTI office-bearers, party workers, lawyers and notables of the area called on Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.
The CM said that city like Khanewal was kept backward intentionally in the past. He said Khanewal was his own district, ‘I want to solve people’s problems’, he added. He said changing the destiny of every backward city was his mission. He disclosed that 102 development projects worth Rs 18 billion would be completed in Khanewal district.
Under Punjab Municipal Services Programme, development projects of Rs 4.3 million would be completed in national and provincial constituencies of the district.
He said that 987 acre state land, vacated from illegal occupants, would be utilised for projects of public welfare. Usman Buzdar said that he would visit Khanewal, Mian Channu, Kabirwala and Jehania again. He said that model police stations were being set up in every tehsil of Khanewal.
