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Over 570 sports infrastructure projects underway across J&K: Shahid

Jammu, July 14 (UNI) Marking one of the most comprehensive infrastructure development programmes undertaken in recent years, more than 570 sports and youth infrastructure projects with an estimated investment exceeding Rs 650 crore are presently under various stages of planning and execution under the Department of Youth Services and Sports during current financial year across Jammu and Kashmir.
Reviewing the progress of the ambitious programme while chairing the first quarterly review of the implementation roadmap initiated earlier this year, Commissioner Secretary, Youth Services & Sports, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, observed that while significant investments have already transformed sports infrastructure over the past few years, the current phase represents a strategic shift from isolated project execution to a planned, data-driven expansion of sports infrastructure across urban centres, rural areas, border districts, tribal habitations, remote mountainous regions and other underserved locations.
The meeting was attended by Director General, Youth Services and Sports, Special Secretary YSS, Secretary, J&K Sports Council, FA/CAOs, JDP, senior officers of the Administrative Department, engineering agencies, Heads of Wings, District Youth Services and Sports Officers from all twenty districts and officers of the J&K Sports Council.
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