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Jammu and Kashmir: 100-bedded girls hostel in Anantnag likely to be handed over in November

| @indiablooms | Oct 08, 2020, at 01:20 am

Anantnag: A 100-bedded girls hostel, which is currently under-construction in Bantooru village of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir, is expected to be handed over to the administration in November, media reports said.

According to reports, 90 percent of the construction work of the building has been completed.

The construction work is being executed by Roads and Bridges (R&B) department of Kashmir under centrally sponsored scheme namely Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and the total cost of the project is approximately Rs 2.70 crore, reports ANI.

Speaking to ANI, Site contractor, Asgar Khan said, "Ninety percent of the construction work has been completed in this building and we will try to hand over the girls hostel in the month of November. This is Rs 2.70 crore project."

Locals have appreciated the move of constructing the hostel in the village.

"There is huge unemployment in our village and this project will help youth of the area to start their small business on the premises and earn living. I am thankful to the central government for this initiative this will help everyone," Shafi Dar, local resident, told ANI.

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