'Equitable development a thrust area in J&K's policy planning'

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said equitable development of every region was a thrust area in the state government's policy planning.
"Government has concentrated on consolidation and expansion of development schemes holistically and equitably to reach out all the areas in the development process.
"While various new projects were launched and completed during the last over five-and-a-half years, the number of ongoing projects were put to fast track and completed to ensure benefits to the people," Abdullah said.
He was interacting with the public after inaugurating various major projects completed in the state under the holistic and comprehensive development programme launched by the government to give fillip to the construction of basic infrastructure and help economic welfare of the people.

Abdullah inaugurated Rs 147.75 crore Lift Irrigation Scheme at Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, an official spokesman said.
He said the scheme would benefit 25 villages and would feed cultivable command area of 4000 hectares in three stages while the completion of first two stages will bring greenery to about 3000 hectares of parched land.
The Chief Minister also inaugurated sub-district hospital at Beerwa, in central Kashmir's Budgam district, which has been constructed at a cost of Rs 523 lakhs, the spokesman said.