NEW DELHI: Pawan Khajuria, J&K BJP vice president called on Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed various issues concerning people of Udhampur with him.

Pawan Khajuria who also submitted a memorandum to Minister and discussed the problems faced by the students of Jammu and Kashmir studying in Delhi through scholarship with him.
Khajuria said that J&K students have to face many problems. The students have to leave their studies in the middle and come back due to no hostel arrangement for them.

He urged the Minister that Government should make a JK Hostel for the students of Jammu and Kashmir in Delhi so that these students can complete their studies by staying in the hostels.

He further informed that around 3000 students of Jammu region are doing MSc in Environmental Science from IGNOU. There is no IGNOU Study Center for MSc Environmental Science in the Jammu region. MSc Environmental Science students from Jammu region have to travel long distances to reach Kashmir Division for doing practical work, which is a great inconvenience to them. Keeping this in mind, he requested the Minister to take up the matter with the concerned department to start MSc Environmental Science in IGNOU Study Center of district Udhampur. It is the Central point and will be easily accessible to all the students.

Pawan Khajuria further said that the National Law University for Jammu was sanctioned in 2010-11 but its classes have not started yet. Apart from this, approval was given for Sampark Kranti Train from Delhi to Udhampur, later it was taken up to Katra. However, it stops at Udhampur only for 2 minutes, due to which many people miss the train due to overcrowding.

Placing the demand of the people of Udhampur in front of Dr. Jitendra Singh, he said that the stay time of the train should be extended, so that the local people can reach their destination on time.

Further, he also put other problems of Udhampur in front of Dr Jitendra Singh, in which he gave information about water, road and sewerage projects going on in Udhampur.

Showing keen interest to address the issues raised by Pawan Khajuria, Dr. Jitendra Singh who is also local MP immediately talked to the concerned ministries and asked them to solve these problems soon.

The Minister asked the concerned authorities to complete Sewerage Project as soon as possible and ensured to visit Udhampur soon.