Mehbooba
chairs meetings of Surinsar-Mansar, Billawar-Duggan Dev Authorities
Directs use of local material,
architectural pattern while developing facilities
Describes Surinsar important
component of Jammu tourism circuit; directs exploring hidden potential of
Billawar area
Jammu, July 08: Chief Minister,
Mehbooba Mufti today directed use of local material and architectural patterns
while developing facilities at tourist destinations.
Chairing the Governing Body
meetings of Surinsar-Mansar and Billawar-Duggan Tourism Development Authorities
here today, the Chief Minister directed the concerned authorities to prefer
raising eco-friendly cottage structures at the tourist places which can easily
gel with the local ecology and avoid concretisation of these fragile zones.
The Chief Minister directed
pacing up of works at the tourist destinations of Surinsar and Mansar saying
the places are central to the tourist circuit of Jammu. She said Surinsar could
easily be co-opted into MICE tourism given its proximity to the winter capital.
The meeting was informed that the
Surinsar Park would be ready by December, 2017 while as the Amphitheatre would
be ready by March, 2018.
The Chief Minister directed
exploring possibility of starting boat rides in the local lake for which she
asked the Tourism and Wildlife Departments to undertake joint surveys.
The meeting was also informed
that yatri sarai at Utterbani is ready to be operationalised while as all flood
protection works stand completed there. Also, the meeting was told that, the
Development Authority intends to develop tented accommodations for high end
tourists at Mansar while as a Rs. 54.70 crore heritage project for Parmandal
and Utterbani is being readied for approval.
Mehbooba Mufti also directed
developing wayside facilities including gender based toilets on the roads
leading to the tourist places all across and tie up with reputed professional
agencies for their upkeep and maintenance.
In another meeting, the Chief
Minister directed exploring the so far untapped tourist potential
of Billawar-Duggan area given the important heritage structures the area is
known for. She said the whole stretch is quite appropriate for setting up eco-friendly
huts, mud huts, adventure sports like para gliding and the same should be
explored.
Mehbooba Mufti directed holding
of seasonal festivals for attracting tourists to these places which would
finally promote these in the tourist market.
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal
Singh; Minister for Forests, Ch. Lal Singh; Minister of State for Tourism,
Priya Sethi; legislators, Devinder Singh Rana, R. S. Pathania and Devinder
Manyal were present in the meetings.
Also present in the meetings were
Secretary, Tourism, M. H. Malik; Deputy Commissioners of Samba, Jammu and
Reasi; Director, Tourism, Jammu, Smita Sethi; Director, Floriculture, Jammu,
Babita Rakwal; heads of several engineering wings besides officers of Forest,
Wildlife and other Departments.
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