SRINAGAR, Oct. 6 -- Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a cafe house and the renovation of an existing guest house at the Government Silk Weaving Factory in Rajbagh, Srinagar.

The project, to be executed by the Jammu and Kashmir Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Limited (JK SICOP), aims to improve facilities at the factory premises and generate additional revenue for Jammu and Kashmir Industries Limited (JKI), officials said.

MLA Lal Chowk Sheikh Ahsan Ahmed Pardesi and Commissioner Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Vikramjit Singh, were among those present at the event.

During the visit, Choudhary inspected the JKI showroom at the factory, where products made from...