DC Budgam facilitates air travel for 160 GATE aspirants and stranded passengers   

Budgam, Feb 9 (PTK): District Development Commissioner Budgam, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar today expressed her gratitude to Hon’ ble Governor J&K Satya Pal Malik, Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam and Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan for helping the district administration in arranging two special flights for GATE aspirants and standed passengers to enable them to reach their examination venues/destinations.

The DDC who visited the Srinagar International Airport today, facilitated the travel of around 160 stranded passengers including aspirants appearing in the GATE examination to be held tomorrow.

She said that it is first of its kind that sorties were arranged for the aspirants who could not travel to their respective places of examinations centers due to closure of National Highway.

She said that District Administration took strenuous efforts in informing the aspirants, registering them and arranging passes for them to facilitate and ensure all the aspirants appearing in examination on nearing dates reach to the venues of the examination centers well before the time. In this context since yesterday two flights have been arranged for the stranded passengers.

Stranded passengers/aspirants expressed their gratitude to the Governor Administration particularly to the DDC Budgam for taking pains in resolving the issue on war footing basis.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Khursheed Ahmad Shah was accompanying Deputy Commissioner Budgam at the airport over saw the preparations for travel.