Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Mar 3: Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Navin Choudhary, today laid the foundation stone of two Government Degree Colleges at Purmandal and Vijaypur in district Samba in presence of Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Sanjeev Verma and District Development Commissioner Samba, Sushma Chauhan.
Additional District Development Commissioner Samba, Arvind Kotwal, SDM Vijaypur and all Principals of Government Degree Colleges of Jammu city, senior officers of PWD (R&B) and the District Administration and students from the catchment areas, various local Sarpanchs, Panches and other people were present on the occasion.
While interacting with the local people and students at the college site, Navin Choudhary said that a long pending demand of the people of the border areas has been fulfilled. “These colleges will help in building a new J&K, and thus be a part of vibrant new India and will also help provide a new temperament for innovation, research and start-ups,” he said.
The PWD (R&B) Department has been entrusted with the job of construction of building infrastructure of the college with all modern amenities within a stipulated time.