Union Minister of AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal visits Ganderbal district of J&K under Centre’s Public Outreach programme
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Union Minister of AYUSH, Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal visited the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday, October 27 under the Centre’s Public Outreach programme.Speaking to media persons, the Minister said that Union Government has given special focus to Jammu and Kashmir and under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the development, peace, and security are going at the same pace in the Union Territory. He further said that we are fortunate to have such an able Prime Minister under whose guidelines, India is becoming Atmanirbhar.The Minister also distributed financial assistance under various schemes including Higher Education Assistance by the Labour Department and Housing for All (Urban) an amount of 12.35 lakh rupees among the beneficiaries. He also handed over sanction letter under PMEGP, hearing aids, prosthetics and orthotics, wheel chairs, land passbooks, income certificates, Golden Cards, sports kits, and sanction letters for the construction of Trout and Carp fish ponds here at Mini Secretariat Ganderbal among the beneficiaries. Later Minster visited Boys Higher Secondary School Manigam where he witnessed the Yoga session and also visited the herbal garden developed within the School premises.Mr. Sonowal also visited the stalls installed by the Directorate of AYUSH in the lawn of Boys Higher Secondary School Manigam which displayed various locally grown medicinal plants to overcome nutritional deficiencies besides catering to therapeutic uses. He also distributed medicinal plants among the locals under AYUSH National Mission. On the occasion, the local people demanded Health and Wellness centre in the area for which he assured them that the demand would be fulfilled in a time bound manner. He also interacted with the locals and said that the Union government has taken various steps to ensure peace, development, and security in the J&K, and in this regard, various schemes are launched under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He sought the cooperation of all towards fulfilling the dream of Mr. Modi for making India self-reliant.
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