Prefab bamboo medical centres, schools coming up in Kargil

Srinagar, Dec 13 (UNI) About 40 pre-fabricated bamboo structures, housing medical aid centres and schools, would be constructed in the border district of Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said today.

He said of these 35 would be medical aid centers and 5 middle schools. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 3 crore.

The spokesman said the National Mission of Bamboo Applications (NMBA) under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil would fund the project jointly.

While Rs 2 crore will be borne by the NMBA, the LAHDC, Kargil would spent Rs one crore on the project, he added.

The pre-fabricated structure of medical aid centres would have three rooms and two toilets each while the middle school buildings comprised of three rooms and a toilet each, the spokesman said.

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