Excelsior Correspondent
POUNI, Mar 3: Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta today laid foundation stone of Government Degree College Pouni in district Reasi today.
The ceremony was held in presence of District Development Commissioner, Indu Kanwal Chib.
It is pertinent to mention that the college is going to be constructed over 200 kanals of land and will be the fifth degree college of the district.
A large number of locals and students from the vicinity were present at the occasion. The chief guest congratulated the gathering on inauguration of the college and said that one of the aims of setting up these new degree colleges is to cut down the number of college-dropout among girls.
DDC Indu Chib, also expressed satisfaction over the project and said that the local students won’t have to go to Reasi, Sunderbani and other far off places for higher education. She also expected to see an increase in number of girl students.
Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Vivek Puri was also present at the occasion.
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