Union Minister Bhupender Yadav visits Bandipora, Kashmir
Bandipora/IBNS: Union Minister for Environment, Forest, Climate Change, Labour and Employment, Bhupender Yadav, Friday visited Bandipora district as part of Centre’s ongoing public outreach programme.
Yadav inspected the restoration and conservation works, e-inaugurated and laid the foundation of several developmental projects besides meeting public delegations.
He also laid the foundation stone of a public park at Hilalabad Nesbal in Sumbal to be constructed at a cost of Rs 3 crore.
The Minister inaugurated a filtration plant at Arampora, Bandipora that has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1.53 Cr and meant to benefit a population of about seventy nine thousand.
The Union Minister also inaugurated ‘Development of Rural Road Connectivity’ by way of roads, tile paths and culverts in Bandipora district at a cost of Rs 2.62 Cr under ‘Back to Village Programme’, MGNREGA and 14th FC.
The Minister reviewed the status of the works being executed in the Wullar Lake with its physical and financial achievements.
The Minister also participated in the Cleanliness Drive and inaugurated the Wullar cleanliness drive launched as part of the ‘Azad iKa Amrit Mohatsov’ and participated in the pledge taking ceremony for ‘Wullar Mitras who pledged to protect water bodies and wetlands and ensure proper disposal of solid and liquid waste.
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