Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Feb 20: Former Minister and MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori today said that the dream of construction of Sangpora-Viloo tunnel connecting Kishtwar district with Kashmir will soon become a reality after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh included the said tunnel in ten prestigious tunnel projects to be executed in the country including a tunnel for Ladakh.
Addressing party workers at Mughal Maidan said that Congress leadership at Center has assured him that UPA is committed towards construction of Sangpora-Viloo tunnel. He said that pre feasibility report of the tunnel already stands submitted and hoped that Prime Minister of India will soon release the funds for construction of the said tunnel.
He said that Gujjar hostel will start functioning at Chatroo in next few months, where the students from ST community will get free boarding and lodging facilities, beside free education up to Middle standard. He said that under Prime Minister flagship schemes, nearly 5000 unemployed youths from Kishtwar district will avail job oriented courses training, beside job placement in various top leading companies of India. He said that nearly 160 students hailing from Inderwal constituency have been selected for various Post Graduation course in different colleges of the country free of cost.
Mr Saroori stressed for immediate augmentation of 6.5 MVA transformers at Thatri and 3.5 MVA at Dadpath Chatroo so that the people living in these areas will get respite from power cuts.
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