Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce (I&C) Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary on Wednesday conducted an extensive tour of south Kashmir districts during which he visited various industrial estates and held interactions with the unit holders.
Principal Secretary visited Lassipora, Aglar, Kulgam, Vessuand other places. He was accompanied by Director Industries and CommerceDepartment, Mahmood A Shah, MD SIDCO Ravinder Kumar and field functionariesfrom various DICs and other concerned officials.
At Lassipora, Navin interacted with the Industrial unitholders who raised certain demands regarding the maintenance of IndustrialEstates. He directed the MD SIDCO to ensure the maintenance of the roads ofindustrial estate and allied infrastructure at an earliest.
He also visited various Cold stores which are underconstruction at AglarShopian. The unit holders urged the Principal Secretary toensure uninterrupted electricity and maintenance of approach road. Directionswere given to SICOP to get the work completed in two months’ time.
At Kulgam Principal Secretary was received by DeputyCommissioner Kulgam and DIC functionaries who apprised him about the industrialEstate Kulgam.
Later, Navin also visited Bat Cluster at Sethar Village. Heinteracted with the Bat manufacturers who requested the Principal Secretary toensure that the cluster gets denotified by the forest department. The bat unitholders also apprised Principal Secretary about the problems faced by them.Principal secretary assured that he will pursue the matter of de notificationwith the forest department.
Principal Secretary further directed streamlining CFC BatCluster which suffered damage in 2014 floods. He directed SICOP authorities toexpedite the renovation process. He also emphasised upon the unit holders toform a cooperative to run the CFC post restoration.