Srinagar, March 30: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today thanked former cricketer and MP Sachin Tendulkar for sanctioning over Rs 40 lakh from the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds for construction of a school building in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
She expressed his thanks via social network site Twitter where she said “Thankful to @sachin_rt for using his MPLAD funds for the construction of a school building in Kashmir. Even off the field, he continues to inspire us all”.
Thankful to @sachin_rt for using his MPLAD funds for the contruction of a school building in Kashmir. Even off the field, he continues to inspire us all.
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) March 30, 2018
Pertinently, Tendulkar had written to DM and District Collector (Office of Mumbai Suburban District, District Planning Committee), that the request for funds by Imperial Educational Institute, Drugmulla, established in 2007 must be scrutinised”.
The description of work requested include construction of a school building with 10 class rooms, four laboratories, an administrative block, six toilets and an assembly/prayer hall. The school currently has 1,000 students in classes one to 10.
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