Member, Legislative Assembly Kathua, Dr. Bharat Bhushan, today exhorted industrialists to give employment to local youth in the industrial units.
A meeting in this regard was held at IID Centre located conference Hall of SICOP in Kathua.
The General Manager of District Industries Centre Kathua Mohd. Ashraf Mir, the District Pollution Control Committee Officer, Officers of SICOP and SIDCO were present in the meeting.
Sh. Ajit Bawa, President Kathua Industrial Units Association, Mr. Rajinder Gupta, Vice-President of Kathua Industries Association, owners and representatives of industrial units located in Kathua, Bhagthali Industrial Estate, Ghatti Industrial estate and scores of media persons were present on the occasion.
MLA Kathua Dr. Bharat Bhushan asked one by one the unit holders about the total manpower requirement of their respective units and the local youth provided employment thereof.
He exhorted the unit holders especially those who are in the process of setting up-new units to engage local youth who are educated, skilled and still not gainfully employed. He added that Kathua District has now adequate member of skilled and educate youth which need placement in the industries that are coming up in Kathua.
The industrialists assured to give priority to locals in employment and projected various demands which included improvement of inner roads in industrial estates, setting up of a fire station in industrial area, Provision of street lighting in estates and opening of a Skill Development Centre in Kathua.
MLA assured to take up these issues with the concerned quarters He asked General Manager, Industries to set up a Help Desk in his office headed by a senior officer who will coordinate affairs of youth enrolment and placement in industrial Units.
The President Industrial Units Association Kathua Ajit Baba hoped that such interactive meetings will be conducted at regular intervals in future as well for the benefit of industries and local youth.
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