The Punjab Government is all set to provide essential amenties in villages at par with urban areas. Working in this direction, 200 villages of the State are being developed as smart villages and the work would be completed till the end of current fiscal year, 2016-17.
These villages would be equipped with facilities like 4G connectivity, solar street lights, sewa kendars, sewerage and drainage facilities, bank branch and model school etc, said a Punjab Government’s spokesperson.
Spokesperson said that the state government is working to fill the gaps in physical infrastructure in rural areas by creating school buildings, health dispensaries, dharamshalas, clean drinking water, sports facilities, among other things.
He further said that 100 percent of the rural population would have access to electricity.