BAP-led govt sets aside Rs20b for road projects

The Balochistan Awami Party-led government has constructed 3,732 km roads during its tenure to provide better travelling facilities to the masses of the province.

The provincial government has decided to construct 2,500km long more roads in Balochistan during the remaining tenure of the current government aimed to further improve the traveling system in the province.

The government has initiated 550 new construction projects of roads for which around Rs20 billion has been earmarked in the budgetary allocation of year 2021-22, said an official of the Balochistan government.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 20^th, 2022.