Six border villages in J-K’s Kathua brought under Centre’s Vibrant Village Programme-II

In a push to strengthen the development infrastructure, six strategically located border villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district have been brought under the Centre’s Vibrant Village Programme-II, aiming for full saturation of welfare schemes, officials said on Sunday (April 26, 2026).

The villages – Bobiya, Kadyala, Gajnal, Karol Krishna, Rathua, and Gujjar Chak — along the International Border were identified at a meeting chaired by Kathua Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Sharma on Saturday (April 25), they said.