Punjab Govt to spend Rs 5 bn on farm-to-market roads construction

Sialkot: The Punjab government is spending more than Rs 5 billion on the construction of farm-to-market roads in rural areas of the province. Official sources told APP here on Saturday the step had been taken for linking far-off and ignored rural parts with their respective district and tehsil headquarters across the province.

The main purpose of constructing farm-to-market roads was to enable farmer community to easily transport their agricultural produce to nearest market, the sources added. Under the programme adequate efforts would also be made for linking these farm to-market roads with inter-district roads aimed at lessening not only the travelling problems but also linking these areas with other districts in the Punjab, sources said.