Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 24: Minister for Tourism and Culture Nawang Rigzin Jora today said that varied tourism potential of Srinagar city is being fully explored by way of upgrading tourist infrastructure besides development of potential spots and conservation of heritage places, adding that to showcase the marvellous and enchantment beauty of city, historical gardens and Dal Lake laser shows would be organized very soon in Chinar park Dal Gate and Shalimar garden to attract visiting tourists.
Mr. Jora today inaugurated reconstructed Lal Ded Memorial museum at Habakadal, Foot Bridge at Chinar Park, Dal Gate and Coffee House at Peerzoo on the banks of river Jhelum in presence of Minister of State for Home, Tourism and Culture, Nasir Aslam Wani, and Vice Chairperson for Women Development Corporation Shamima Firdous.
The Minister said that tourism in Kashmir is flourishing day by day. He said the credit of which goes to people of the State who by their sincere efforts maintained peace and tranquillity in the State, which was pre-requisite for tourism boom in the State. He said “our endeavour is to upgrade tourist infrastructure besides conservation of city’s heritage places and development of city’s potential spots, which has received focused attention of the Government during last over three years”.
Mr. Jora said that a heritage tourist circuit Naagar-Nagar-Watlab is being developed at cost of Rs. 38 crore under which the heritage sites of Srinagar City are also being developed.
Mr. Nasir Aslam on the occasion said that Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is paying focused attention for promotion of varied tourism potential of the State, adding that at present tourist infrastructure worth crores of rupees is being developed at potential spots.
Mrs. Shamima Firdous in her address highlighted the achievements registered by the Government during last over three years for holistic development of the State.
The Tourism Minister also had a river ride to access the tourism potential of Jhelum on way to Lal Ded Memorial Museum Habakadal. After inauguration of the museum, Mr. Jora accompanied by Nasir and. Shamima Firdous also went round the exhibition galleries of Lal Ded Memorial Museum, where rare and historical photographs of different heritage sites of Srinagar, handicraft and handloom items, Pinjrakari, old terracotta, wood carving works which includes papiermachi, carpet, tilldoze and traditional spices besides Kashmiri wood work, metal work and old map of Kashmir were displayed.
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