Jammu Feb 25 PTI The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday declared the industrial estate at Udhampur as women industrial estate to promote women entrepreneurship in the Union Territory To promote women entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir the administrative council AC under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today Friday declared the industrial estate at Seen-Thakran in Udhampur as women industrial estate according to an official spokesman In a first-of-its-kind decision the administrative council declared the Industrial Estate at Seen Thakran Udhampur as reserved for women entrepreneurs and women-led industries he said The decision will benefit women entrepreneurs and industrialists as any business enterprise having a minimum of 51 per cent stake held by a woman entrepreneur shall qualify to apply for allotment in reserved industrial estate he said Moreover under the new JK Industrial Land Allotment Policy the eligible women entrepreneurs will be allotted suitable parcels of land through a transparent single-window mechanism in a time-bound manner PTI AB HRS hrs
Jammu Feb 25 PTISix people who went missing in heavy snowfall earlier this week have been traced and rescued by police in Jammu and Kashmirs Kishtwar district on Friday officials said Ajaz Ahmed 30 Akbar 25 Ghulam Nabi 20 Gulzar Ahmed 18 Manzoor Ahmed 20 and Irshad Ahmed 18 all residents of Warwan area in Kishtwar are safe and their evacuation -- after being stuck in snow for three days and three nights -- is being facilitated by the police the officials said One Wali Mohammed from Anantnag had informed the police in snow-bound Kishtwar that his six relatives who were going towards Warwan from Anantnag had got trapped at via Margan Top on Tuesday Following this Kishtwar senior superintendent of police Shafqat Hussain Bhat directed the police to launch a search and rescue operation for their safe evacuation Subsequently the police managed to establish contact with the six people over mobile phone on Friday the officials said The SSP spoketo them and assured them of all necessary assistance they said The police in Kishtwar have requested the public to avoid such roads during winter PTI AB CJ CJ
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