Jammu, April 6 (IANS) MoS (PMO) and Lok Sabha member from J&K’s Udhampur constituency, Jitendra Singh, on Monday announced a slew of developmental milestones for Udhampur, including an ATR flight within six months and subsequently a full-fledged airport.​

Jitendra Singh said on X today, “Udhampur DISHA meeting highlights:​

“Aviation milestone: Process of land transfer for a full-fledged civilian airport has begun. Meanwhile, tenders were floated for the construction of an interim block on the existing premises to start the ATR flight within the next six months or so.​

“Healthcare boost: Army Command Hospital to extend regular super-speciality services to civilians, significantly enhancing access to advanced medical care in the district.​

“Local economy upliftment through food entrepreneurship: An ambitious project of traditional milk product ‘Kaladi’ taken up by the state-of-the-art ‘Food Technology and Research Institute’, Mysuru, Karnataka, to develop a range of Kaladi’s extended shelf-life delicious recipes to be served through leading food chains within India and abroad.​

“Agri Start-ups: Lavender cultivation, started from Bhaderwah, reaches the upper reaches of Latti.​

“Connectivity: Dhar Road upgradation started.​

“Express Road Corridor from Delhi to Katra is in the last phase of completion.​

“From the MP Fund, an ambulance was donated to the Government Medical College, Udhampur.”​

Singh has been serving as the 18th Minister of Science and Technology and 12th Minister of Earth Sciences since 2024.​

He is the MoS for the Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; and Department of Space.​

He was elected to the 18th Lok Sabha from Udhampur with a majority of 124,373 votes. He has won all three Lok Sabha elections that he fought from Udhampur for the Bharatiya Janata Party. He won this seat consecutively in 2014, 2019, and 2024.​

He is a Bharatiya Janata Party national executive member and was the chief spokesperson for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. ​

He won the Udhampur seat in the Indian general elections of 2014 and 2019, with the highest-ever margin of votes for the 16th and 17th Lok Sabhas. ​

He retained the seat in 2024 for the 18th Lok Sabha.​

–IANS

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