Punjab Government would soon start a special drive to widen, upgrade, and strengthen 4465 kilometres of rural roads in the state at the cost of Rs 692 crores.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday gave green signal to the Punjab Mandi Board for same while chairing a review meeting of the Board.
“It is the need of the hour to strengthen the rural road network for facilitating the commuters. These roads must be built while adhering to highest quality norms,” said the Chief Minister while adding that any sort of callousness in this is not desirable.
In another significant decision aimed at making Punjab clean, green, and pollution-free, the Chief Minister also gave nod for developing green belt over 1,000 kilometre of road. He asked the Punjab Mandi Board to plant two lakh saplings on the stretch of road and subsequently ensure its maintenance for two years.
The Chief Minister also took stock of the new initiatives of the Board including Integrated Management System (IMS) and Mandi Management system to eradicate duplication, manual efforts and to make collection of fees more effective, with Estate Management System, Accounts Management System and Integration with e-NAM and Agmarknet.
Likewise, he also lauded e-PMB mobile app developed by Board on both Android and iOS platform with key features of Employee Attendance, e-Services like Licensee Management, Estate Management, Mandi Management, Complaints and suggestions, Apni or Kisan Mandi, Act or Rules and others.