Call to give priority to rural roads

Rural roads such as this in interior northern Sarawak are mostly still of gravel and mud, making travelling risky especially in rainy weather. — STEPHEN THEN/ The Star

MIRI: Rural folk living in the northernmost settlements of interior Sarawak are hoping that the proposed rural road-construction and road-upgrading projects under the Jiwa Murni programme will be completed the soonest possible.

The Jiwa Murni projects undertaken by the Defence Ministry were among the numerous topics raised during the state election campaign over the past three weeks.