SRINAGAR, July 4 -- Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Information Technology, Youth Services & Sports, and Science & Technology, Satish Sharma on Friday met several public delegations from across Jammu and Kashmir, heard their grievances and assured time-bound redressal.

A delegation representing 118 lessees of the Brick & Tile Factory Industrial Estate, Pampore, highlighted the prolonged delay in the allotment of industrial land, saying the issue has remained unresolved for nearly four years despite completion of the required formalities, affecting entrepreneurship, employment generation and industrial growth.

The Minister assured the delegation that the matter would be taken up with the concerned authorities and ev...