Sargodha: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved 8 road construction, rehabilitation and improvement schemes in Sargodha district, with an estimated cost of around PKR 1 billion.
According to the reported news details, the projects have been approved under the Own Source Revenue initiative and cover several key roads and connecting routes across Sargodha and Shahpur. The approved schemes include the construction and rehabilitation of Dairy Road, Azad Road, New Urdu Bazaar Road, Grain Market Road, Pilot School Road, and Ara Market Road, with a combined estimated cost of PKR 175.79 million.
The rehabilitation of Khayam Chowk Overhead Bridge has also been approved at an estimated cost of PKR 88.981 million. Another project involves the rehabilitation of the road connecting Johar Colony Road with Fatima Jinnah Road via Gillwala Railway Crossing and Haripurah Bridge, with an estimated cost of PKR 228.674 million.
The government has further approved rehabilitation works on the Shama Chowk-Stadium Gate road and its link road to Cheema Heart Centre, with the project estimated to cost PKR 164.645 million. Similarly, the rehabilitation of Main Bazaar Bhagtanwala Road and the Lahore Road-Bhirowal-Kot Momin Link Road has been approved at an estimated cost of PKR 127.715 million.
In Shahpur, the Jail Road-Shahpur Saddar Road will undergo improvement and rehabilitation under a scheme costing approximately PKR 98.888 million. The approved portfolio also includes the rehabilitation of Farooka Road to Sial Dhulaka Road, for which PKR 56.684 million has been allocated.
The projects cover urban roads, market-area routes, bridges and inter-district links, with the approved works aimed at improving road infrastructure and connectivity across Sargodha district.
