57 schools, roads named after martyrs, eminent personalities in J&K
Jammu, Jan 31 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir administration has named 57 schools and roads after martyrs and eminent personalities, including Makhan Lal Bindroo, the Kashmiri Pandit owner of a pharmacy in Srinagar, and DSP Mohammad Ayoub Pandit, who was lynched near the same city’s Jamia Masjid in 2017.
The move is part of the Lieutenant Governor administration’s decision to name public places after those who gave up their life in the “service of the nation.” “Sanction is hereby accorded to naming of infrastructure assets after the martyrs, eminent personalities,” an order issued by Secretary to government, General Administration Department, Piyush Singla, said.
The government girls higher secondary school in Khanyar in Sringar has been named after Deputy superintendent of Police Mohmmad Ayoub Pandit.
