Work to establish a permanent campus of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) at Ompora would start soon, announced S K Panda, Union Secretary, Ministry of Textiles. Panda made the announcement during a meeting with Khurshid Ganai, Financial Commissioner Industries and Commerce According to a press handout, Panda along with a team of officers that included Joint Secretary Textiles, Suneena, met Financial Commissioner Industries & Commerce and other officers of the department and held a series of meetings.

Secretary textiles assured that the process for permanent infrastructure for NIFT Srinagar would start soon and even some under graduate courses would be started from the existing campus. It further stated that a cheque of Rs 2.56 crore was presented by the Secretary Textiles to the FC I&C for the development of the urban Haat Jammu and it was also assured that an amount of Rs 2 crore for the upliftment of the Kashmir Haat would be released soon.

At present, NIFT is operating from a temporary unit established at Rangreth Industrial Estate, though land for it was sanctioned a few years ago at Ompora Industrial Estate. Moreover, a Common Facility Centre (CFC) at Kawdara was also commissioned and the CFCs of Jammu Division would also be commissioned.