Omar asks companies to ensure hiring of locals in J&K projects

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today asked public and private companies executing various flagship programmes and mega projects in the state to employ locals instead of outsourcing jobs.
"The national companies executing various flagship programmes and mega projects in the state should ensure employment of locals both in skilled and non-skilled disciplines of work," Omar said.
"Local youth should have priority preference in getting jobs in the projects being executed by the private and central companies in the state," he added.
Inspecting the status of the 4-lanning project of Srinagar-Jammu National Highway from Jammu to Udhampur, Omar said the economic welfare of locals to the maximum should be ensured while executing the works.

"You should absorb all the available human resource in the projects you are executing besides giving preference to the local traders, contractors, transporters and others to undertake works of different nature," he said.
Omar said the state government had taken several initiatives including an ambitious programme to upgrade skills of local youth for technical work particularly for projects in the power and road communication sector.
He also directed the revenue department and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to work in close coordination for disbursement of compensation to the families whose land is being acquired for the construction of the road.