J&K CM releases book on Ladakh-Travel-History-Culture

Scoop News April 27, 2010

Jammu,India, April 27 (Scoop News) - Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today said that the book on Ladakh ‘Ladakh-Travel-History-Culture’ is more than a traveler’s guide or visitors advisory. “It covers all aspects of life in Ladakh, its fauna, flora, geography, history and culture in a peculiar and artistic fashion”.

Addressing a function after releasing a book titled ‘Ladakh-Travel-History-Culture’ authored by DIG Police, S.D.S. Jamwal and TL. Thasgspa here, Omar said that the particular book is more than a traveler’s guide or visitors advisory. “It covers all aspects of life in Ladakh, its fauna, flora, geography, history and culture in a peculiar and artistic fashion”.

Omar highlighted the importance of books as valuable treasures of history, culture, heritage and literature.“Books provide vast canvas of multi-pronged literary, introductory, informative, educative and learning material to a reader and enrich ones knowledge about multifaceted aspects of life, people, area and civilization”, he maintained.

Omar appreciated the authors and stressed on developing the interest of writing diaries and books by the officers in administration, describing it a sophisticated way of telling the true stories of people and the land they live on.

The Chief Minister said that his government has flagged preservation and propagation of state’s rich culture and heritage as an important area. “Our strategy is to fine tune the tourism development activities with the cultural affinity of the area”, he said adding that with the promotion of tourism measures are being taken to take every care for show casing the vast heritage of the State.

He expressed the hope that the book on Ladakh would prove highly beneficial for the tourists as well as students to know all about Ladakh and its history and culture.

Addressing the function, the Minister for Tourism, Nawang Rigzin Jora said that the book released today is 3rd in a row on Ladakh and the great civilization it symbolizes. He said the book has dealt in detail about various aspects of Ladakh and will prove a comprehensive and informative work of the authors who have taken nine years to compile the details and publish in a form of a valuable book.

Jora threw light on the growing tourism in Ladakh region and said that peoples’ hospitality, friendly approach and curtsey for the guests has acted as an important catalyst for development of tourism in Ladakh.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of State for Tourism, Nasir Aslam Wani said that books like those released today play an important role in promoting tourism and enriching the knowledge of people about particular areas and the people living there.

Wani said that measures have been taken to take every care of heritage and culture of the State and promote it with the promotion of tourism.

The Director General Police, Kuldeep Khoda and former Chief Secretary, Dr. S. S. Bloeria also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the distinctive features of the book and appreciated the endeavour of the authors to reveal the hidden treasure of Ladakh as also providing useful and purposeful data on all important aspects.

The Advisors to Chief Minister, Mubarak Gul and Devender Singh Rana, and others were present on the occasion.www.scoopnews.in