Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over a high level meeting at the CM Officer here today in which progress on the infrastructure development, especially the construction and repair of roads, was reviewed. The proposed programme of infrastructure especially road sector for the financial year 2019-2020 was reviewed in detail. Addressing the meeting, CM Usman Buzdar said roads in rural areas will be constructed and repaired under ‘’Naya Pakistan Manzelain Asan’’ programme and billions of rupees have been earmarked for this purpose. Every district will be provided funds in proportion to its population. He said new roads will be constructed and repaired for the promotion of agriculture, energy, industry, mining and tourism. Two-way roads and connecting roads will be constructed to connect cities of Punjab with CPEC. He said the schemes of road construction and repair will be completed on priority. The construction and repair of roads will have positive impact on agriculture economy and the rural population will get best travelling facilities. The chief minister directed that the schemes of the road sector should be completed in time and special attention should be paid on the roads of the rural areas. The secretary construction and communication briefed the chief minister on the road schemes. The chief secretary, chairman Planning and Development, principal secretary to CM, and other senior officers also attended the meeting
