JAMMU: The Administrative Council (AC), chaired by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, approved various development initiatives in this area, such as building a road in the Reasi district and establishing an industrial estate in Akhnoor, in addition to transferring land for various public uses. Attending the meeting were Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, the Lieutenant Governor’s principal secretary, Atal Dulloo, the chief secretary, and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, the advisor. In its meeting, the AC approved the construction of a road in the district of Reasi that would run from Sujandhar to Ratnote via Gabbar Sarote. The road would be 13.10 km long and would cost an estimated Rs 27.588 Cr under RIDF XXIX, which is funded in 90:10 ratio by the UT government and NABARD loan assistance.About 10,000 people who suffer from a lack of terrestrial connectivity in the Reasi District’s villages of Sujandhar, Samak, Chardel, Doda, Tolan Laid, Lower Gabbar, Bagdhar, Jhatakote, Batalade, Ratnote, and surrounding habitations will benefit from this road. The AC also authorised the departments to receive land for public use in order to carry out various development projects. Ten Kanals of land located in the village of Padergund, Tehsil Villagam, District Kupwara, for the construction of the Government Boys High School Dahama, and two Kanals of land located in the village of Nowhatoo, Tehsil & District Anantnag, for the construction of the Government Middle School Nowhatoo, Zone Anantnag, were transferred in favour of the School Education Department.Additionally, 8 Kanals of land in the estate Pallar, Tehsil, and District Budgam were transferred to the Social Welfare Department so that Vatsalya Sadan could be built. Additionally, the Islamic University of Science & Technology (IUST), Awantipora, has been granted 200 Kanals of land in the estate Larmoo Tehsil Awantipora District Pulwama for the purpose of building the required infrastructure. The Higher Education Department was granted 300 Kanals of land in the estate Kenihama, Tehsil B.K. Pora, District Budgam by the AC for the construction of multiple establishments of Cluster University, Srinagar. In a different ruling, the AC approved the development of the Industrial Estate project at Sole Sungal, Akhnoor. This involved the construction of an administrative block, street lighting, centralised effluent treatment Plants, power and water supplies, retaining/boundary walls, and road widening on 100 kanals of land.The project will be financed from the department’s 2023–2024 capital expenditure budget. The project would cost Rs 23.78 Cr to complete. As of right now, 72 of the 100 kanals of land have been given to entrepreneurs, and the remaining 28 kanals are used for utilities. The project aims to establish a developmental estate that would attract investment of Rs 33.27 Cr, creating job opportunities for approximately 500 youth and boosting industrial development in Jammu Division.
