STATE TIMES NEWS
KATHUA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar on Tuesday held a whirlwind tour of Kathua district and inspected various ongoing development works besides reviewing the district development profile.
While inspecting the ongoing work of a 200 bedded additional building in Associated Hospital of GMC Kathua, the Advisor directed the executing agencies to hand over two floors of the multi-storey building so that augmented capacity can be utilised to provide health services. The Advisor also visited Government Medical College Kathua where he took a comprehensive review of the ongoing civil works of the remaining portion of Medical College besides taking stock of facilities being given to the medical students residing in the hostel of GMC Kathua. At Government ITI Kathua, the Advisor took first hand appraisal of training being imparted to the students in different trades viz. Phulkari art, automotive technology, CBT Lab etc. He also interacted with the students and enquired about their aspirations after passing out from the institute.
The Advisor directed XEN PWD(R&B) to expedite the ongoing works and ensure time bound completion of all the works . While giving the details of steps being taken to revamp the skill development sector, the Advisor said that the existing curriculum of ITI and Polytechnic colleges is being overhauled to meet the market demands and mapping the skill set with the job profile of the industry. During the visit, Later, the Advisor accompanied by ADC Kathua, Chief Project Officer, National Seed Farms Kathua, Gopal Krishan, AD Fisheries Pawan Sharma and other district officers visited National Fish Seed Farm wherein he enquired about the species being cultured, status of seed production and activities undertaken by the department.