LEHRAGAGA, JUNE 1 — — A major capital injection targeting remote agrarian clusters will transition nearly 19 kilometers of unpaved and deteriorating routes around the Baghrol region into modern transit corridors, boosting commercial mobility for regional farmers.
Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema affirmed the completion and launch of interconnected road works totaling ₹18.76 crore on Sunday, noting that the upgrades will eliminate everyday safety hazards for thousands of rural commuters. Cheema stated that the ongoing infrastructure campaign reflects a directive from Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to correct deep historic imbalances between urban municipal centers and rural agrarian villages.
“While rural road networks had suffered from neglect for decades, the government considers the provision of quality basic infrastructure to every village an essential priority,” Cheema asserted during an address to community representatives.
Project data shows that a major portion of the funding was directed at widening critical commuter links. A 10.5-kilometer route running from Bachhuana to Bareta via Daska was expanded to 18 feet at an expenditure of ₹7.15 crore to resolve narrow structural bottlenecks. Nearby, an unpaved route between Daska and Khatri Wala was fully metalled for ₹1.27 crore, providing regional farmers with consistent all-weather access to local markets.
The infrastructure rollout also targeted long-ignored rural corridors in the Baghrol sector, where the state used ₹5.25 crore to install paved networks over 12 kilometers of basic earthen paths that had remained unpaved for nearly eight decades.
Local administrative officials and panchayat leaders welcomed the simultaneous construction of shorter connections, including a ₹1.10 crore link from Baghrol to Bujrak and a ₹1 crore lane connecting Baghrol to Burj Tilla. To further stabilize the area’s transport efficiency, a new bridge was officially opened to create a reliable transit point between two large neighboring communities.
The Finance Minister stated that further road widening operations between Baghrol, Kangrodi, and Kamalpur are moving forward efficiently at an estimated cost of ₹4.50 crore. He added that an additional 4-kilometer stretch from Baghrol to Kheri Dagaiyan is currently under construction for ₹1.83 crore, concluding a broad development plan intended to stimulate the local rural economy.
