Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 17: Renowned film and serial producer, Shiv Sagar today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan.
Shiv Sagar, who is the grandson of legendary Film-maker Ramanand Sagar, discussed with the Lt Governor about his future projects and also briefed him about his upcoming series on Shri Mata Vaishno Devi ji, which he is going to shoot in Jammu & Kashmir.
The Lt Governor observed that the J&K Government is working towards creating a favourable environment for film making in J&K through the New Film Policy to once again bring back the golden era of showcasing the pristine beauty of J&K on the silver screen.
Besides, facilitating the film-makers coming to the UT, we are also eying on maximizing the potential of promising local film talents for transforming J&K into the most preferred film destination, said the Lt Governor.
The Lt Governor also assured full cooperation and support of the UT administration to the film producer in his upcoming venture.
Sunil Lahri, who is best known for portraying the role of ‘Lakshman’ in Ramanand Sagar’s epic television series ‘Ramayan’ also accompanied the Film Producer and presented the full volume of Ramayan Serial to the Lt Governor.
Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor was also present on the occasion.
A delegation of All Parties Migrant Co-ordination Committee (APMCC) also called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, at Raj Bhavan here today.
The delegation led by its Chairman Vinod Pandit apprised the Lt Governor about various welfare issues of Kashmiri Pandit community. The members of the delegation also drew Lt Governor’s attention towards the issues of Kashmiri Migrant employees working under the Prime Minister’s Special Employment Package.
While interacting with the members of the delegation, the Lt Governor observed that the Government is working on the principles of equitable and holistic development of all sections of the society.
For the welfare of Kashmiri Pandit community, we have accelerated the work on 6000 jobs for them, and this process will be completed soon, he added.
The Lt Governor also assured the delegation that all the issues presented by them would be looked into and addressed on merit.
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