Omar leads ministers, officials to border Poonch district
This was the first outreach of Omar after becoming CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
This was the first outreach of Omar after becoming CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
The project, funded by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways at a cost of Rs 62.5 crore, was carried out under the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) mode.
He was peaking at the inauguration of the four-day National Agriculture Summit & Farmers’ Fair-2024 at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu.
The L-G was chairing a high-level meeting of senior civil, police officials and DCs, SSPs of Jammu Division to review the progress of development projects and security situation in the region.
A junior commissioned officer of the army’s elite special forces lost his life and three soldiers were injured during a terror attack in Kishtwar recently.
Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has laid foundation stones of four National Highway projects worth Rs 3,612 crore in the Union Territory, including the Srinagar Ring road project, which will be completed by 2023.
The killing of civilians has generated anger among common people that were visible in Srinagar and Jammu on Friday during the cremation of the school principal Supinder Kaur and teacher Deepak Chand when people raised slogans against the terror outfits and also criticized the administration for having failed to protect the civilians.
Home Minister and the J-K LG will discuss security scenarios and other issues linked to the spate of crime against innocent people in the Valley where a principal and a teacher of a government school were killed by terrorists on Thursday.
Several civilians have been killed in a fresh wave of terror attacks in Srinagar this week. J&K authorities on Saturday prevented former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti from visiting the Anantnag district.
The Mayor said, "The elements backed by Pakistan are behind this. We should all come out on the streets and take a stand as a society that we will not allow this, I appeal to all communities to stand together. Kashmir belongs to people of all religious belief", he said while talking to media here.