J&K to see a new sunshine of development : Goyal

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New Delhi : Union Railways, Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal on January 19, 2020, said that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will see a new sunrise in the development post the abrogation of Article 370.

During the second day of the Central Government’s special public outreach programme to disseminate information about the implementation of its policies and programmes for the overall development of Jammu and Kashmir and its people at Akhnoor,  Goyal said that a new wave of development has started in the union territory of J&K which they have been deprived of from the last seventy two years because of a stumble block called Article 370.

Calling the union territory of J&K as “Desh Ka Noor”, Goyal said that every stuck up project has now been cleared which will set a new crack of dawn in the UT of J&K. Giving an insight into the various centrally sponsored schemes and their implementation in the UT of J&K, the Minister said that there has been a great success in their implementation like the Saubhagya scheme under which 3,30,000 households have been electrified and a Rs 100 crore special award under this scheme has been awarded to the UT of J&K.

Goyal reiterated that the government wants to electrify even the last household in the UT of J&K. With respect to other centrally sponsored schemes implemented in the UT of J&K, he said that the UT of J&K has done wonderfully well in Ayushman Bharat Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), and Ujjwala Yojana etc. Giving statistics about the implementation of these schemes, he said that the UT of J&K stood first in the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Scheme, 18,534 houses have been constructed under PMAY, 2.5 lakh toilets were constructed under Swach Bharat and Ujjwala scheme has reached to its hundred percent target in Jammu and Kashmir.

Reiterating that the benefit of schemes should reach its actual beneficiaries, Goyal said that as per the latest figures available, out of 9.30 lakh beneficiaries, more than 7 lakh beneficiaries have been benefited under these schemes. And, it is expected to reach 100 percent only in few months, he added.

Speaking about the various stuck up hydropower projects of the UT of J&K; Goyal said that Pakaldul Hydroelectric Power Project that was stuck up from the last 8 years has now been cleared and  850 MW Ratle Hydroelectric Power Project and 624 MW Kiru Hydroelectric Power Project have also been cleared, according to a PIB release.

The Minister said that the highest bridge in the world is being constructed on Chenab in J&K which is an architectural marvel. He also said that the work on Banihal-Katra project has been expedited by the government. The real aim of the central government is now to connect India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, he added.

As a part of this outreach programme spanning over a week, 38 Union Ministers will undertake an extensive tour of different districts across 60 different locations in both the divisions of Jammu and Kashmir.