Tourism is the world’s largest industry, with exponential growth, and it is critical to city economies. The LG Administration of Jammu and Kashmir is also trying to increase tourist footfall and develop alternative tourist places. GoI has been formulating various schemes to provide financial aid for viable DPRs to develop new tourist places, and while the Kashmir Tourism Directorate has been successful in utilising the opportunity, the Jammu Tourism Department has been missing the bus too often. Despite the best […]
Rs 3.50 cr spent but building remains unutilized Gopal Sharma JAMMU, Mar 1: Constructed by the Tourism department with the project cost of Rs 5 crores, a two- storey building of Yatrika Niwas at Sukrakla Mata with allied facilities, in Billawar area of district Kathua, has been lying abandoned and unused for the last over 10 long years. The purpose of raising this building for the benefit of the thousands of pilgrims visiting Mata Sukrala in Billawar Sub Division of […]