Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban DevelopmentDepartment, Dheeraj Gupta today laid foundation stone of Government Degree CollegePouni in Reasi district on Sunday.
The ceremony was held in presence of District DevelopmentCommissioner, Indu Kanwal Chib.
The college is going to be constructed over 200 kanals ofland and will be the fifth degree college of the district.
A large number of locals and students from the vicinity werepresent at the occasion. The chief guest congratulated the gathering oninauguration of the college. He said that one of the aims of setting up thesenew degree colleges is to cut down the number of college-dropout among girls.