KHANEWAL: Punjab government has approved several schemes worth billions for Khanewal district to upgrade five inter-city roads besides establishing a new sports complex in Sarai Sadhu and revival of a cricket ground in Khanewal under Annual Development Plan (ADP) 2024-25.
Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali Bukhari, presiding over a meeting here on Monday, said that rehabilitation of 11 kilometer segment of Khanewal-Kabirwala road would cost Rs 1 billion, a sum of R 2 billion would be spent on 32.5 kilometer long road from Katcha Khoh to Vehari while Kabirwala-Shorkot road construction and rehabilitation would cost Rs 1.69 billion.
He said that a new sports complex in Sarai Sadhu and rehabilitation of a cricket ground near Lahore Morr in Khanewal were also part of the ADP 2024-25.
DC ordered that preliminary legal work on all the eight schemes approved for Khanewal district must begin without any delay.
Deputy Director Development Shahid Rehman, and other officials were present.