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JAMMU,
AUGUST 17: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti,
who is on a two visit to the winter capital, today inaugurated the new building
of Kissan Ghar at Narwal fruit mandi.
The state
of the art guesthouse facility would be having rooms, suits, dining hall and a
conference room and it would have a small pantry at every floor. The guest
house has been built at a cost of Rs. 5.41 crore over a period of two years.
It may be
recalled here that former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had laid the
foundation of this Kissan Ghar on June 21, 2015 with the aim of making
available quality comforts to the members of farming and grower community
whenever they visit the winter capital.
Interacting
with the representatives of farming and grower community, the Chief Minister
wished them well and hoped the establishment of Kissan Ghar would meet their
long pending demand. She said her Government has been taking all steps for the
welfare of farming community in the State.
Deputy
Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh; Speaker, Kavinder Gupta; Minister for
Horticulture, Syed Basharat Bukhari; Minister of State for Horticulture, Priya
Sethi; Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Rohit Kansal; Divisional
Commissioner, Jammu, M K Bhandari; Secretary, Horticulture, M. H. Malik;
officers of Horticulture Department and a large number of people were present
on the occasion.
Later in
the day, the Chief Minister visited Super Bazaar in old city and inaugurated
the multi-level mechanized car parking facility there. Built with latest
technology and security parameters, the facility would have capacity to park
352 cars and 162 motorcycles including SUVs. The seven storey facility has been
developed by ERA at a cost of Rs. 33.11 crore and it would ease the traffic
congestion in old city areas particularly Raghunath Bazaar, Purani Mandi, Kanak
Mandi etc by a great measure.
Deputy
Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh; Minister of State for Horticulture, Priya
Sethi; Member Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma; legislators, Rajesh Gupta and
Avinash Rai Khanna; Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Rohit Kansal;
Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, M K Bhandari; Secretary to Chief Minister, M.
H. Malik; officers of Urban Development Department and District administration,
representatives of traders unions and a large number of people were present on
the occasion.
Later,
Mehbooba Mufti inaugurated Mufti Muhammad Sayeed student’s hostel built by
Auqaf Islamia Jammu near the shrine of Hazrat Zaahir Ali Shah (RA) for the stay
of beneficiary students.
The hostel
would provide accommodation facilities for 100 students intending to pursue
studies at Jammu. Built at a cost of Rs. Six crore, the hostel would also have
additional facilities of parking, catering and other allied facilities.
The Chief
Minister directed maintaining cleanliness at the hostel besides a good stock of
books and other study material.
Mehbooba
Mufti also visited the shrine of Hazrat Zaahir Ali Shah (RA) and paid her
obeisance there.
Deputy
Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh; Minister of State for Horticulture, Priya
Sethi; legislators, Rajesh Gupta and Avinash Rai Khanna; Principal Secretary to
Chief Minister, Rohit Kansal; Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, M K Bhandari;
Commissioner-Secretary, Revenue, Muhammad Ashraf Mir; Secretary to Chief
Minister, M. H. Malik; officers of District administration and a large number
of people were present on the occasion.
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