Railways minister visits Budgam, sanctions 4-cargo terminals along rail line

Budgam, March, 25 (KNS): Minister of Railways, Communication, Electronics and Information Technology GOI Ashwini Vaishnav on Saturday visited District Budgam. After taking assessment of Railway track from Budgam to Baramulla, Honourable Minister held a detailed interaction with the RRIs of the district Budgam. 


A review meeting of all the departments was also held concurrently wherein Deputy Commissioner , S F Hamid gave detailed presentation to the Hon’ble Minster about the District and performance of various departments. Speaking on the occasion, Minister said there should be no gap between people and areas in India especially between J&K and other areas of India. He said Every beneficiary should get benefit of all schemes of GOI. While highlighting the importance of Railways, Minister Sanctioned 04 cargo terminals ( Gati Shakti’s) from jammu to Srinagar, he said work on these terminals will be taken up very soon . He said very soon “Vande Bharat “ trains will be playing between Jammu - Srinagar-Budgam - Baramulla railway track .

He said people of J&K will see more inclusive development in the coming days. Minister said , no village or Habitation should remain without mobile or internet connectivity. He said today’s world is incomplete without Internet and mobile connectivity. Minister highlighted about the vision of Honourable PM of India where in , He said slogan of our PM is “ sab ka saath, sab ka Vikas , Sabka vishvaas Sabka pryaas“. He said Government of India is working to make people of J&K at par with other parts of country in terms of development be it in education or information technology or Railways.

Mos said all the genuine demands of public will be adhered to by GOI and Government of UT of J & K. He said GOI is committed towards welfare of its masses and out reach of its welfare schemes to genuine beneficiaries in fixed timeline.

Later , The Minister also held a public outreach programme at sheikhpora panchayat of Block Budgam where in he interacted with public and distributed many certificates, prosthetic aids, wheel chairs , Felicitation certificates to various beneficiaries and employees. 

He also inspected stalls set up by various departments to display their products and aware about public welfare schemes. While interacting with the artisans, SHGs, and officials at these stalls, the Minister said that NRLM products shall be promoted as under One Product- One Station policy. He appreciated the artisans for their exemplary work in carpet weaving, wood carving, paper- machie, and other handloom and handicraft products. Besides ,OSD to Honourable minister of Railways, Communication, Electronics, and Information Technology, DDC chairman Nazir Ahamd khan, DC Budgam S F Hamid IAS ,DRM Railways Ferozpur division,SSP Budgam Tahir Gilani,ADDC Budgam, ADC Budgam and all district and sectoral officers were present on the occasion. (KNS) 

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