Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti laid the foundation of the mini-secretariat building at Batamalloo here electronically at a function at the SKICC, an official spokesman said.
The administrative complex, to be built at a cost of Rs 100 crore, would be state-of-the-art and house many of the offices of the district and provincial administration, he said.
The decision to construct a mini-secretariat at Batamalloo was taken by the chief minister during a review meeting of the District Development Board of Srinagar.
The facilities started today include Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Digital Subtraction Angiography, the spokesman said.
Mufti also inaugurated a Rs 2.70 crore worth of equipment and machinery at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This would include equipment for physiotherapy, he said.
A pedestrian bridge near the Presentation Convent at Rajbagh over Jhelum river was also inaugurated and foundation stone for a suspension bridge at Dara Shikoh Park at Bijbehara was also laid, the spokesman said.