JAMMU, Apr 18: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced on Tuesday that seven new J&K Bank branches have been approved for Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir, based on a requirement list submitted by his Parliamentary office to Chairman Baldev Prakash. The approved branches will be located in Dhar Mahanpur, Hatt, Duggan, Lowang, Chakra, Budhi, and Sheetal Nagar (Bhoond). Singh also stated that more JKB branches are in the pipeline for other districts of the Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Lok Sabha constituency. The move has been widely appreciated by the people living in these areas. Singh is the Member of Parliament from Kathua-Udhampur-Doda Constituency.