SRINAGAR, Aug. 13 -- Sozni heartland of Sonpah has been declared a Craft Tourism Village.

Centre today sanctioned Rs 10 crore for the art treasure trove of Sonpah in Budgam.

The sanction is accompanied by the release of the first instalment of the Central share ofRs.4.50 Cr by the Union Ministry of Textiles under the flagship National Handicrafts Development Programme's Infrastructure and Technology Support Scheme.

The project will be implemented by the Department of Handicrafts and Handloom, Kashmir, and the funds shall be routed through the Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India.

In a press release issued here today, an elated spokesman of the department thanked the Central Government for sanctioning the project and recogni...