Punjab to construct 20,000 km of link roads with outlay of Rs 4,000 crore

Chairing a meeting here, the Chief Minister said the objective of the campaign is to facilitate the people, as the link roads act as a catalyst in commuting and smooth transportation of goods and services.

He said the link roads are the arteries of economic growth in the state as they help the people residing in rural areas to commute on one hand and give impetus to trade and business on the other.

Mann underlined the need for the construction of these roads at the earliest, as a majority of them have remained unattended even after passing their life of six years.

The Chief Minister said these roads must be constructed by categorising them as top priority, priority, and needy roads so that people can benefit from them.

He asked the PWD and Mandi Board authorities to ensure that every single penny is spent judiciously on the construction of these roads, adding that it should be ensured that the contractors constructing these roads will have to maintain them for five years.

The Chief Minister said the government has decided to give a major facelift to the link road infrastructure by widening, strengthening, and upgrading these rural link roads. He asked the Punjab Mandi Board and the PWD to ensure high quality of the work, besides ensuring that every penny allocated for that project was invested in a justified manner.

The Chief Minister said the technology of artificial intelligence should be used for the need-based construction of the rural roads. He said this step will ensure optimum use of the existing resources, along with ensuring top-quality work on rural roads.