Jammu, Nov 21 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday laid foundation stone for the construction of 521 new houses in Poonch and Rajouri districts for families affected by the recent natural calamities and by the Pakistani shelling during Operation Sindoor.

As many as 133 houses will be built free of cost in Poonch district and 388 in Rajouri with the help of High-Range Rural Development Society (HRDS India), officials said.

This comes close on the heels of the foundation-laying for 19 'smart houses' on November 3. The houses were being built for the cloudburst-hit families of Chisoti village in Kishtwar district.

The cloudburst in Chisoti had killed 65 people, mostly pilgrims visiting the Machail Mata shrine, and left over 100 others injured, while more than 3

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