90 school children from J-K meet MoS PMO

A group of 90 school children from Jammu and Kashmir Friday met Union Minister Jitendra Singh here.

The students, belonging to Bandipora and Samba districts of J&K, comprised 11 girls and 79 boys.

They are on 'Bharat Darshan' tour organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

"They have visited various places in Delhi like Qutub Minar, Lal Quila, Lotus Temple and India Gate, among others. The students have also visited Agra," an official statement said.

While interacting with the students, Singh said the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made many efforts to bring development in the state of Jammu & Kashmir.

He cited examples of various projects for J&K such as the Ujh multipurpose project, the Shahpur Kandi dam project, construction of world's highest railway bridge on Chenab river in Reasi district, setting up of AIIMS and IIMs, etc.

Singh, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office, said in Kathua district the engineering college has started functioning and a medical college will also be opened soon.

He also said that north India's first bio-tech park will be set up in Kathua in J&K.

Singh also discussed with students about the historical places of Jammu and Kashmir and encouraged them to visit those places.

He also said due attention should be paid to the maintenance and upkeep of the historical places.

Speaking about the 'Kashmir Super 30' initiative, being undertaken by the Army in coordination with the Centre for Social Responsibility and Leadership (CSRL), the minister said the project aims to support the talented underprivileged students of the economically weaker sections of the state to achieve educational success by providing engineering entrance exam coaching for JEE (mains and advance).

He expressed happiness that under this initiative, 32 students have qualified the JEE mains exam, 2017-18, and seven out of them have cracked the JEE advance test and made it to the prestigious IITs.

Singh further said students of Jammu and Kashmir possess unique talent which needs to be exploited by guiding them towards a prosperous future.