Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 4: Minister for Information, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today inaugurated “Auditorium cum Conference Hall”, laid foundation of “Library cum Reading Room” and unveiled “Exhibition of Rare Newspaper Archives and Photographs” at the Media Complex here.
The 220-seater Auditorium and 50-seater Conference Hall with video conferencing facility has been constructed by the R&B Department at an estimated cost of around Rs 4 crore.
Minister for Public Works Naeem Akhtar, Chairperson Women’s Development Corporation, Vijay Gandotra, Secretary Information M H Malik, Secretary FCS&CA Shafiq Ahmad Raina, Director Information Muneer-ul-Islam and Director FCS&CA Nissar Ahmad Wani besides other officers of Information Department were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Chowdhary Zulfkar said that the commitment made by the late Mufti Mohammed Sayeed to remodel the flood-hit Old PSC complex as an integrated Media Complex by the Department of Information has been fulfilled top a greater extent while much more needs to be still done. He said it was decided that besides housing the Directorate of Information and Public Relations, a state-of-the-art Auditorium, Conference Hall, Library-cum-Reading Room, Audio-Visual Unit and a Cafeteria would be setup in the new Media Complex.
Zulfkar Ali said by inaugurating the state-of-the-art Auditorium, Conference Hall within two years after its announcement depicts the seriousness of the present Government to fulfill its promises.
Giving details about other initiatives taken by the department, the Minister said there were many things in limbo for a long period, however, with the present CM Mehbooba Mufti’s intervention things have started moving fast. The Minister said the department is in the process of formulating a separate Advertisement Policy for the Electronic and the Digital Media and soon it would be made public.
The Minister said the department has some issues, primarily professional human resource, which need to be tackled immediately. He informed that he has given instructions to the concerned officers to do the needful urgently in this regard.
Reminiscing the past glory of the Information Department, Minister for Works Naeem Akhtar said whenever, he comes to information department he feels like he is returning to his home. He said his affiliation with Information Department goes back to 1972 when he started his career from here.
Earlier, the Information Minister along with Naeem Akhtar also unveiled the exhibition of rare newspaper archives and photographs depicting various developmental works undertaken by the present Government in last three years.
Chowdhary Zulfkar along with Naeem Akhtar also launched an “Online Advertisement Portal” designed by Rationale Tabs.
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