Equitable Development? Jammu gets Rs 375 cr, Kashmir Rs 305 cr for roads

Kashmir continues to be the least priority in funding under the Central Road Fund (CRF) program with the Government of India (GoI) approving Rs 70 crore less to the division than Jammu for building road infrastructure. Official sources revealed to us that GoI has sanctioned road projects worth Rs 305 crore for Kashmir under CRF for 2015-16 while Jammu and Ladakh have respectively walked away with Rs 375 crore and Rs 105 crore funding for the road projects. The approval for road projects worth Rs 785 crore was recently conveyed by…

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