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Upcoming Dry Port at Samba will pace up Industrial growth in J&K: Union minister Shantanu Thakur

| @indiablooms | Oct 16, 2022, at 02:59 am

Jammu:  The upcoming Dry Port at Samba will push industrial growth in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shantanu Thakur said on Saturday.

“The Inland Container Depot (Dry Port) being set up by Associated Container Terminal Ltd (ACTL) for felicitation of domestic and international trade will pace up the Industrial growth in J&K and will generate numerous job opportunities for the youth,” Shantanu Thakur said while inspecting the Dry Port at Samba.

The Minister was in town as part of the Union Government’s Public Outreach Programme in J&K.

He visited the border district Samba and assessed the pace of development works across various sectors.

While interacting with the public representatives, the minister said that the government is committed to developing Jammu and Kashmir on all fronts and every sector will be given due importance for the welfare of the people.

The minister also said that the government is ensuring that the benefits of all the centrally sponsored schemes must reach the last man in the last queue in Jammu and Kashmir.

While reviewing the development works across the district, he said that the development across all the sectors has been accelerated be that the development of highways, power projects, sports infrastructure etc.

The minister also inspected the departmental stalls of different line departments including Social Welfare, ICDS, Horticulture, AYUSH, Agriculture, Handicrafts Handloom, Industries etc.

He told the officials that the awareness programmes should be organized so that the people get to know about various centrally sponsored schemes.

He e-inaugurated various development works including the construction of a deep drain at Municipal Committee Bari Brahmana under the drainage sector having a project cost of Rs 271.00 lakhs, the construction of 04 link Roads, 02 RCC Bridge Spans, 01 vented causeway total amounting to Rs 2,268.5 lakhs.

Thakur also distributed sanction letters among beneficiaries of the Mumkin Scheme, Ladli Beti Scheme, PMEGP scheme, Handicrafts, Handloom, Landpass Books under Digital India Initiative and three E-Rikshaws were also distributed among the beneficiaries.

The Minister also visited Sub-division Ghagwal wherein District Development Council members, Block Development Council members, Sarpanchs projected demands and development aspirations. 

(With UNI inputs)

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