<span style="color: #222222;">In a significant achievement in the health sector, six District Hospitals of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have bagged Kayakalap award claiming notable positions in the best hospitals category 2019-20.<br />''<br />''Four of these District Hospitals are from Jammu division including DH Reasi which has clinched the top spot winning a cash award of Rs. 50 lakh while Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar, District Hospital Udhampur and District Hospital Poonch have got commendation awards with a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh each.<br />''<br />''The Kayakalp Award was instituted as part of the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' on 15 May, 2015 as a national initiative to recognize and felicitate public health facilities that demonstrate high levels of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control measure on promoting cleanliness in public spaces.<br />''<br />''In Community Health Centres category, three CHCs of Jammu Division qualified including CHC Ramnagar was declared second while CHC Katra (Reasi) and CHC Bhaderwah (Doda) claimed the Commendation awards.<br />''<br />''In Primary Health Centers and Urban Primary Health Centres categories, 9 PHCs and 1 UPHC have won the award.<br />''<br />''UPHC Shashtri Nagar in Jammu district, PHC Budi (Katra), PHC Ransoo (Reasi), PHC Tikri (Udhampur) and PHC Rattanpur (Samba) have been declared winners while PHC Laiter (Reasi), PHC Sumb (Samba), PHC Barnara, PHC Majalta and PHC Hartaryan from district Udhampur got the commendation awards.</span><br />