Basic infrastructure development our top priority: Azad.Byline: ANI Poonch, Nov 15 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir: see Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir State (pop., 2001: 10,143,700), northern India. With an area of 39,146 sq mi (101,387 sq km), it occupies the southern portion of the Kashmir region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent and is and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Ghulam Nabi Azad (born March 7, 1949 in Jammu and Kashmir, India) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He was the Parliamentary Affairs Minister of India in the Manmohan Singh government until October 27, when he was appointed as the chief minister of the on Saturday said during the last campaigning in Poonch that if the Congress is voted to power, basic infrastructure development like potable water for all, construction of hydro electric projects and road connectivity will remain our top priority. He also promised that the Mughal road would be completed and inaugurated in January next year. Addressing a public meeting in the premises of Government Degree College here today along with Union Minister for Water Resources and PCC (I) Chief Professor Saif-ud-Din Soz, Azad said the construction of Mughal road was due to the initiative taken by his Government. "If voted to power, we will extend Mughal road from Loran to Budgam by the end of December next year," he said, adding survey on extension of road project has already been done. Azad, who was here to campaign for Congress candidate Choudhary Bashir Naz, said soon after the Congress is voted to power it will launch work on next phase of Mughal road in January He said the Congress is committed to speedy completion of work on 132 KV Jammu-Poonch lines. "Had the Congress Government not been forced to resign by the People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party could refer to:
He assured expansion and modernisation of medicare facilities in the state. Work on the hospital buildings will be executed in double shift, he promised. Prof. Soz said the Centre had been quite liberal in release of funds to the State Government due to initiative taken by Azad. By Tahir Nadeem Khan (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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