SIALKOT: The mega project of Sialkot international airport, a dream of Sialkot exporters which came true, was now in dire need of having advanced and developed roads infrastructure in its surroundings, for ensuring the easy access of the people to this airport.
Almost ball the main and link roads leading to the Sialkot international airport are dilapidating and have been presenting a look of very miserable situation, besides, adding into the miseries and grievances of the travelling people. Undoubtedly, the grand mega project of Sialkot international airport is surrounded by the dilapidating roads and this airport was now in dire need of a developed roads infrastructure in its surroundings as well.
The trendy Sialkot exporters had made their old dream of having an international airport at Sialkot as true by establishing Sialkot international airport on self help basis in 2007, but almost all the link and main roads in surroundings of this airport had not yet been constructed, as promised by the federal and provincial governments, due to which the people have to suffer from great ordeal while travelling on these dilapidating roads towards Sialkot airport.
The main Daska-Sambrial Road, the Kulluwal-Jethikey-Airport Road, Sialkot-Gohadpur-Airport Road, Head Marala-Saidpur Road, the roads of Bajwat villages linking to Sialkot airport are dilapidating for the last several years.
The people from Pasrur, Badiana, Chawinda, Zafarwal, Shakargarh, Narowal, Gujranwala, Wazirabad, Gujrat and surrounding areas have to suffer from great ordeal for reaching to Sialkot airport while travelling on 35 KMs long dilapidating main Sialkot-Pasrur Road.
The Sialkot exporters have also expressed grave concern over this miserable situation of the roads leading to the Sialkot international airport, saying that the Punjab government still remains unable to fulfill its promises regarding the construction of the said roads.
They said that the said dilapidating roads with three to four feet deep ditches everywhere on these roads often present the scene of the ponds of stagnant sewage water and rainy water creating hurdles for the travelling people.
The exporters added that the miserable condition of these roads was getting worst from bad day by day here and this situation was also eclipsing the beauty of the Sialkot airport, besides, giving a bad impression to everyone, in this regard.
Meanwhile, most of the directors of Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) have said that these “ill-fated” roads have been lying victim of the negligence and ignorance by the local elected political representatives despite the repeated appeals made by the Sialkot exporters regarding the construction and repairing of these roads. They said that no one has ever bothered to pay attention towards these roads.
They said that early repairing/ reconstruction of all the dilapidating roads leading to the Sialkot international airport could jazz up the pace of the local trade activities, besides, opening the new vistas of socio-economic and human development in Pakistan’s first ever “Golden Export Triangle” comprising Sialkot, Gujrat and Gujranwala districts as well.
