CM thanks Tendulkar for sanctioning Rs.40L for North Kashmir school

By Rajashree Seal
(PTI desk)

Mar 30, 2018

01:32 pm

What's the story

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday thanked cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar for sanctioning over Rs. 40 lakh from the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds for construction of a school building in Kupwara district of North Kashmir. The institute is the only school in Drugmulla. It currently has 1,000 students in Classes 1-10.

Twitter Post

CM Mehbooba Mufti took to Twitter to thank Sachin

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

The institute

Institute requested for funds and "the request must be scrutinized"

Tendulkar, in a letter to the DM and District Collector (Office of Mumbai Suburban District, District Planning Committee), mentioned that the Imperial Educational Institute, Drugmulla, established in 2007, had requested for funds and "the request must be scrutinized". The description of work requested include construction of a school building with 10 classrooms, four laboratories, an administrative block, six toilets and an assembly/prayer hall.