Jammu, October 15 (Scoop News) – Asserting that the state is witnessing unprecedented development for the past three years, the Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla today said that massive activities have been taken up under sectors like PHE, PDD, R&B, UEED, Health and Education to ensure safe drinking water, electricity, road connectivity, better sewerage, education and health services to the people in their respective areas.
The Minister said this while interacting with the people after launching Rs. 30 lakh development projects at Kalika Colony in Bahu Fort area, here today.
Bhalla said the Government was making all out efforts to beautify the surroundings of the Bahu fort adding that the spot was emerging as hub of tourists and pilgrims .
For facilitating the pilgrims and tourists, the Government has created modern line wayside facilities for pilgrims and tourists in the area like recreational garden, aquarium, balidan stumb, landscaping, view points, tug shop, toilet blocks, fencing, illumination, drinking water besides construction of darshani deodi near Kalika colony, he added. He said the place would become a source of major attraction for those visiting Shri Mata Vaishno Devi ji and other tourist spots of the State. He said the pilgrims of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji are now first coming to
In order to attract domestic and foreign tourists towards city of temples, the Minister said that focused attention was being paid for developing all the open spaces and development of recreational parks. He informed that the Government was paying focused attention for exploiting the varied tourism potential of
Describing tourism sector as another potential area for state’s economic growth, Bhalla said that in view of the ever increasing rush of pilgrims to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, Shri Amarnath Shrine and Shri Budha Amarnath ji Shrine, a number of tourist circuits have been created for boosting the tourism in the State. He reiterated the Government’s commitment of working for the emancipation of SC, ST and other backward classes besides handicapped and under-privileged populace of the state.
Listing the measures taken by the Government under Basic Service to Urban Poor scheme, the Minister said Government has earmarked Rs. 2.25 crore for construction of multipurpose community halls at Gokha Nagar, Kalika Colony near Shri Ravi Dass Sabha and Bazigar Basti adding that the works are under progress on war-footing. For facilitating the sports lovers of the Bahu Fort, he said Government has earmarked Rs. 75 lakh for construction of play field near
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