J&K secures Rs.1,800 cr under PMGSY programs

The Jammu and Kashmir is, for the first time, scaling targets for developmental works in road communication sector under various centrally-sponsored rural road schemes entailing an investment worth Rs. 1,800 crore, especially under the PMGSY program, signaling an important breakthrough in this key sector, the State Public Works minister, Naeem Akhtar said, laborating that this achievement has opened new vistas for progress, employment generation and prosperity in the state. The giant leap on this score has proven that the state can improve its capacity of utilizing resources and has become possible because of the renewed enthusiasm of the state administration. He also revealed that the state met the eligibility criteria under the Central Road Fund (CRF) of around Rs 342 crore last fiscal, which has opened an opportunity to get the fund limit for J&K under the scheme enhanced in coming years, he claimed.