With hundreds of kilometres of link roads in rural area of Punjab in a pathetic condition, the cash-strapped state government is now looking to the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to get finance for rural infrastructure development and start the work for upgrading/road repairs.
The only funds available to the Punjab Mandi Board are those released by NABARD under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) scheme.
Punjab government had even gone to the Supreme Court of India, demanding its share of RDF, which has not been given to the state for the past four crop marketing seasons. The case is listed for hearing on September 25.
