Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 17: All Jammu Hotels & Lodges Association has appealed the Coalition Government to take immediate steps to make Jammu an independent tourist destination so that five lakh souls dependent on tourism, whose livelihood is at stake, may feel a sigh of relief.
In a statement, president of the Association, Inderjeet Khajuria complained that the stalled ongoing tourism related projects in Jammu including artificial lake in Tawi river, Jammu Ropeway project, Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex and Manda Wild Life Sanctuary continued to remain unattended till today, due to callous attitude of the Government.
“The Jammu people had voted enmass for a big mandate to the BJP and the PDP maintained its lead in Kashmir. Whereas, the PDP is fulfilling its commitments made to the people of Kashmir during electioneering period, the BJP on the other hand is not caring for peoples’ problems on which they had obtained the mandate,” Mr Khajuria alleged.
Referring to two days meeting at Katra being convened by the BJP, Mr Khajuria urged the party leaders to ensure the implementation of agreement made between Government and Sangarsh Samiti during 2008 Bum Bum Bholey agitation. He suggested the BJP leaders to deliberate and devise mechanism for timely completion of ongoing tourism related projects; equal allotments of funds to Jammu; provide equal employment avenues to unemployed youth of Jammu region, equal representation in services in civil secretariat, creation of regional council for Jammu as promised by BJP and retention of AIIMS at Jammu.
He warned that the silence of BJP in the shifting of AIIMS from Jammu to Kashmir would cause a great damage to the party in coming days.
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