SRINAGAR: Minister for Social Welfare, Sakeena Itoo today said that the construction of new Women’s Hostels is under active consideration of the department, while the possibility for establishing Women’s Hostel in the district Kishtwar will be explored.
The Minister said this while replying to a question raised by Legislator Shagun Parihar, regarding Women’s Hostels in the Legislative Assembly today.
The Minister informed the house that 12 Women’s Hostels under the Higher Education department, with a capacity of around 1200, are functional in various districts across Jammu and Kashmir. She also informed that 16 Girls’ Hostels are under construction in different colleges across Jammu and Kashmir. She added that several functional/under-construction Girls’ Hostels are also established under the Skill Development department at various Polytechnic Colleges in Jammu and Srinagar.
Further, the Minister informed that under the Social Welfare department, one Working Women Hostel is functional at Roop Nagar, Jammu, with a capacity of 25 women, which includes dormitories, kitchen, library, washrooms, lawns, lobby, and a daycare centre.
She also informed that the Department is in the process of establishing five newly approved Sakhi Niwas in the districts of Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag, Kathua, and Rajouri and suitable buildings have been identified and engagement of human resources is in process.
The Minister also added that the Health & Medical Education Department also provides hostel facilities through Nursing, Para-medical, and Girls Hostels for Medical Colleges, besides the School Education Department also provides Hostel Facilities for Girls through KGBVs in various districts of J&K.
