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Special Report Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Special Report

Syama Prasad Mookerjee's sacrifice,
courage, and determination were ˆˣ˘˘˗ʟ ˘˙Ё˖˜˘ˡ˖ˬʟ ˔ˡ˗ Under the Prime Minister's Development Package (PMDP), Light metro rail projects are ready. The DPR for the
only 7 projects were completed until June 2018, but now
project, costing Rs 7,942 crore, has been prepared
instrumental in reuniting Jammu and quality of development 32 projects have been completed until May 2023. 13 and submitted to the concerned ministry.
Kashmir with India and abrogating Article become symbols projects will be completed by 2023–2024 and 8 projects
after 2024. These 53 projects are worth Rs 58,477 crore.
370. In 1953, Syama Prasad Mookerjee The number of completed
projects has doubled. A record
resigned as the country's Industries number of development The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link is the world's 244
longest rail-road bridge.
Minister in protest of the proposal to projects were completed.
include Article 370, stating that two laws, 8.45 km of twin-tube Kazikund-Banihal tunnel have been bridges were built in three years
completed. With this, work on several tunnels worth Rs.
two flags, and two heads would not run 3,117 crore is underway.
in this country. On August 5, 2019, Prime Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, 2967
Minister Narendra Modi's government projects covering about 18,000 km of road have been 1,125
completed, reaching every village.
made Article 370 ineffective, fulfilling
Syama Prasad Mookerjee's dream. The 58-kilometre semi-ring road is about to be crore rupees is allocated for 130 km of the
completed to free Jammu city from jams.
Jammu and Kashmir portion of the 6-lane
12637 21943 50276 92560 Due to better road infrastructure, travel time to Jammu- to Katra reach in just 5 hours now.
Delhi-Amritsar-Katra highway. From Delhi
Kishtwar was reduced from 7.5 hours to 5 hours, Jammu-
on, because of which the number of investments and Doda from 5.5 hours to 3.5 hours, Srinagar-Jammu from
tourists in Jammu and Kashmir is steadily increasing. 7–12 hours to 5.5 hours, and Srinagar–Gulmarg from 3
In 2022, a record 1.88 crores tourists visited Jammu 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 hours to 1.5 hours.
and Kashmir. �ith such a large number of tourists
arriving in Jammu and Kashmir, the number of hotel A new chapter of good
rooms here will more than triple in the next five years. Continuity of Industrial Development governance Towards prosperity in health sector
�urrently, a plan worth approximately �s 8� crore has
been prepared with the primary goal of making �al Lake The investment Investment proposals There were more than 2428 crore rupees plan to upgrade
the most appealing tourist destination in the country. proposal of Rs. worth Rs. 400 District-level health infrastructure 120
�very child in the country will want to visit �al Lake 2,153 73,376 881 of the total 140 projects have been
and �attoo �round in the coming days. �any pro�ects, services online, also Amrit Sarovar was completed, with the remainder set to
including multi-level parking, smart lighting, integrated connected to the constructed under the be completed in 2023-24.
command, and park development, have begun at a cost crore was crore were received, creating feedback mechanism. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
of �s ��� crore in �rinagar �mart �ity Limited. �hese implemented in the employment opportunities �ea�th� beca�e the first state to i���e�ent ������
locations have been identified as potential top tourism Ёˡ˔ˡ˖˜˔˟ ˬ˘˔˥ ʥʣʥʥϛʥʦʡ for 3.5 lakh citizens. for 100% of the people. 5 lakh health insurance covers
every family.
destinations in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. �oreign Jammu and Kashmir became the benchmark for the
country in the Good Governance Index 2021.
tourists can now climb 1�� �imalayan peaks, including Rs 500 crore in FDI and a 54 percent For health infrastructure, 2 new AIIMS, 5 new nursing
1� in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. �he first �entral increase in MSME sector exports The land revenue documents were made online. colleges, 2 State Cancer Institutes, 7 new medical
�niversity in Ladakh with a �entre for Buddhist �tudies �ccess to ���� o� beneficiaries under the �a�sha� colleges, and 10 nursing colleges are being upgraded
is taking shape. Ladakh's long-pending demand for Public Distribution System. at a cost of Rs 7,200 crore, and 2 hospitals will be built
exclusively for bone and joint diseases.
Union Territory status has also been met, and the region Unprecedented transparency in �� sorting out �� �a�h bogus beneficiaries� �.� �a�h
is moving forward. Ёˡ˔ˡ˖˜˔˟ ˠ˔ˡ˔˚˘ˠ˘ˡ˧ metric tonnes of foodgrains and savings of Rs 230 2000 more seats were added in medical education.
crore benefitted the genuine beneficiaries.
The Jammu and Kashmir Vision Document 2047 was The policy of investment in health, AYUSH, has been
Everyone’s growth is the goal E-tendering is mandatory for all work. prepared and submitted to the Union Home Ministry. approved, and the policy for de-addiction has also
A new decade has begun, and the situation in Jammu been approved.
and Kashmir is changing as well. �eprived people Geo-tagging and 100% authentication More than one lakh people took part in the
programme.
have been fighting for their rights for decades. By An empowerment portal for people's plans and The number of oxygen plants has increased from 24
abrogating Article ��0, the central government has people's participation in which any citizen can get �t secured first �osition in the �nion �erritories and in 2020 to 177 now. The capacity also increased from
second position in the entire country.
granted the hill community, scheduled castes, tribes, complete information about any ongoing project. 14916 LPM to 1,26,391 LPM.
women, and senior citi�ens the right to reservation.

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