Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 5: Minister of State for Technical Education, Power and Information, Vikar Rasool Wani inaugurated two footbridges constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 1.5 crore at Dulgam and Hanjal in Banihal area.
The bridges have been constructed by R&B Department and would go a long way in connecting a number of villages, besides providing the necessary connectivity to the people living in these areas.
The Minister was accompanied by officers of district administration and various other departments.
While interacting with the people of the areas, the Minister said that the Government is committed to accelerate the pace of development of rural and far-flung areas by providing them with the necessary facilities. He said that by connecting various remote and inaccessible villages with the main land, the necessary connectivity is being provided to these which would ensure their socio-economic development, besides ensuring that the pace of development in other spheres of life is also accelerated.
Mr. Vikar further appealed the people to come forward and avail maximum benefit of various developmental schemes launched by the State and Centre. He said these schemes have been instrumental in changing the socio-economic profile of the people living in various States of the country. “Schemes like MGNREGA have been largely responsible for accelerating the development of rural and far-flung areas by ensuring the creation of assets, developmental activities, besides providing the much needed employment to the people at their doorsteps”, he said.
The Minister said that the Centre has been quiet liberal in ensuring that the benefit of various Centrally sponsored schemes is also extended to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He said that necessary instructions have been passed to the officers to ensure that these are implemented in such a way, so that the benefit percolates to the genuine beneficiaries.
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