Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, June 16: Senior Congress leader and former legislator, Ashok Sharma today demanded up-gradation of Jammu Airport as an International Airport, keeping in view more than one crore Vaishno Devi pilgrims and a large number of other tourists visiting the city of temples from all parts of the world every year.
Addressing a one-day convention of delegates of the party at Kalakote, Sharma urged that Jammu Airport be named as Shri Mata Vaishno Devi International Airport and fully equipped with all the modern facility, adding that such a measure would largely promote pilgrims, conventional and adventure tourism in the State.
The former legislator also stressed for immediately taking up execution of Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch Rail project to bring this border belt on railway map of the country.
Sharma also disclosed that 10- day padyatra to aware the masses about their rights will start from Badoon on June 20, 2014 and culminate at Dharamsal on June 29, 2014.
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