Rs500m earmarked for Sutlej bridge

BUREWALA - The government has earmarked an amount of Rs500 million for construction of a bridge between Chishtian and Burewala on river Sutlej which will reduce the distance between two cities of the south Punjab, The Nation has learnt. The govt has earmarked Rs40.01 billion the Ministry of Communications Public Sector Development Programme for fiscal year 2011-12. The distance between the two cities is more than 100 kilometer which will reduce to only 35-km after the construction of the bridge and it will also link the area to most remote areas.

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