Bandipora : Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Indu Kanwal Chib, on Monday chaired a meeting at the Mini Secretariat to review the district’s preparedness under the One District One Product (ODOP) initiative.

During the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner emphasized review of current ODOP to explore other unique and high-potential products which may better represent the district’s economic strengths and noted that the previously communicated ODOP crewal based shawl was not actually practiced in Bandipora.

On the occasion, the DC observed that Sheep emerged as strong contender for ODOP, given Bandipora’s sizeable livestock base, comprising more than three lakh sheep, 7,200 registered breeders and nearly half of local mutton consumption being met within the district.

During the meeting, Officers

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