Drainage: Paharang Drain to be remodelled in 28 months

Roads in Faisalabad division being repaired at a cost of Rs2.364 billion

FAISALABAD: Nearly Rs344 million is being spent on remodelling and reconstructing Paharang Drain from Nishatabad to Kalma Wali Tanki (overhead water reservoir), Water and Sanitation Agency Vice Chairman Mian Irfan Manan said during a visit to the project site at  Nishatabad on Thursday. It will take 28 months to complete. He said Marwat Construction Company was given the contract for the project and repair work on the project site was underway. He said a special team had been constituted to examine the quality of construction work. “The remodelling will not only ensure that rainwater drains away easily but will also beautify the area.”

Divisional Commissioner Captain (r) Naseem Nawaz said 23 roads were being constructed in rural areas of Faisalabad division at an estimated cost of Rs2.05 billion. He said 30 roads in the division had been repaired at a cost of Rs2.364 billion earlier under the Punjab Rural Road Programme. He said Rs992 million was being spent on repairing eight roads in rural areas of Faisalabad district and eight roads in Jhang district were being repaired at a cost of Rs426 million.

Manan added that Rs464 million was being spent on constructing six roads in Toba Tek Singh district and a rural road was being constructed at a cost of Rs177.7 million in Chiniot district.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 11^th, 2015.