NEW DELHI: The CPWD has offered the Jammu and Kashmir administration assistance in building “economical” and “best quality” infrastructure in the two Union territories that will come into existence on October 31, an official said.
The state of Jammu and Kashmir will be bifurcated into two Union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to a legislation in this matter.
The official said the director general of CPWD, which is the Centre’s prime construction agency, has written to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam, saying it will increase its manpower in the regions for execution of developmental projects.
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