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Sonia visits township being built for Kashmiri pandits

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at the Mahila Congress Convention in Jammu on Saturday.

Jagti (Nagrota): Congress president and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday visited Jammu and Kashmir’s biggest project in the housing sector, the fast coming up township for migrant Kashmiri pandits here.

Accompanied by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Home, Shivraj Patil, Union Minister for Water Resources, Saifuddin Soz and AICC General Secretary, Mohsina Kidwai, Ms. Gandhi inspected the model of the township and the ongoing pace of work.

The foundation stone for Rs. 294 crore all-facility township was laid by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July last. In all,178 three-storey blocks comprising 4,228 two-room tenements are being constructed here. The mega project is expected to be completed in September 2009.

Later, speaking at a women’s convention, Ms. Gandhi said the BJP-led Central government had paid only lip service to the Kashmiri migrants while the Congress-led UPA government and the State government took concrete initiatives to help them out. She said arrangements were under way to provide accommodation to 25,000 homeless migrants at Jagti. She complimented Mr. Azad for speeding up construction work on the township.

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