 Early Times Report
Nagrota, Nov 17: National Conference Provincial President and MLA Nagrota Devender Singh Rana on Saturday sought separate hostels for boys and girls belonging to Gujjar and Bakerwal besides Scheduled caste, and Other Barckward communities, enabling them to ornament themselves with higher and professional education.
Interacting with various deputations of the constituency, which called on him, Devender Rana said need for such a facility is being felt more with the area turning out an educational hub. He said the recent opening of a degree college has necessitated such hostels all the more, as the students will be seeking admissions for higher learning.
The MLA Nagrota said outreach of educational facilities to remote areas should be supplemented by boarding and lodging facilities for the students, which will enable them concentrate on their studies without the cumbersome loss of time in travelling etc. He urged Governor Satya Pal Malik to have the proposal for such hostel facilities examined on immediate basis so that the benefit of the new college percolates down to the targeted segments of society. Later, a deputation of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil, led by Chief Executive Councillor Feroz Khan called on the Provincial President. Rana congratulated Mr Khan and his team and hoped that they will serve the people of Kargil with best of their capabilities. |
