The Kathua district is set for a major infrastructure boost with Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announcing on Thursday that the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Express Corridor will soon pass through the region, alongside a proposed gas pipeline project and North India's first Homeopathy College.
The gunfight broke out after a terrorist was spotted by local residents around 4 pm at Kamadh Nullah, which falls under the Billawar police station area. Officials said the terrorists were seen earlier in the day in the Dhannu Parole area.
The Minister chaired a review meeting at Kathua with the district administration on the developmental projects.
The team, led by the Chairman of the Pollution Control Committee, along with the Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, and other concerned officers, has been constituted by the Committee on Environment of the J&K Legislative Assembly, headed by CPI(M) MLA Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, which visited the area on Tuesday.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that this is a day that Kathua and the entire Jammu region will remember as the beginning of a new era of scientific enterprise and economic transformation.
Two terrorists were arrested in J&K's Poonch district during an intelligence-backed raid, and arms and ammunition were later recovered on the basis of their disclosure.
The back-to-back cloudbursts in Kishtwar and Kathua have jolted Jammu and Kashmir, sparking urgent calls from political and religious leaders for stronger environmental safeguards and an about-turn on reckless human interference with nature.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday announced ex gratia assistance of Rs 2 lakh from the CM’s Relief Fund, in addition to SDRF support to the kin of each of the seven killed in this morning's cloudburst in the Kathua district of Jammu.
Days after the cloudburst in Kishtwar that has so far claimed 65 lives, another catastrophe hit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday when seven people, including five children, were killed and several others injured after a cloudburst in the Kathua district led to severe flash floods amidst continuous heavy rains.
Chairing the DISHA meeting of the district administration and various departments, he said illegal mining poses a serious risk to the foundations of vital infrastructure projects, including the Keerian Gadiyal bridge and the expressway corridor.
