Excelsior Correspondent
DODA, May 3: Sunil Kumar Sharma and Shakti Raj Parihar during their maiden visit after getting elevated as Minister for Power Development and Minister of State for Education, Tourism, Rural Development, Tribal Affairs, Information, R&B, Youth Service & Sports, Revenue & Culture respectively, addressed a huge rally of people , here today.
While welcoming the Ministers with great enthusiasm , the people termed the elevation of legislators as the much needed step that would bring a significant development of Chenab valley because of due representation from the area in the present Government .
Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Power Development Department Sunil Kumar Sharma assured people of all round development of the region and said that Government intends to tap huge potential of power generation in the Chenab region with concrete efforts to harness the potential to the fullest.
He further said all the power projects pending at different stages in the district due to one or the other reasons will be restarted at the earliest, which besides producing power, will generate a huge employment avenues for the people. He said the project like Kiru, Kwar, Rattle and others have a potential of different job profiles for around 30,000 youth of the area.
MoS, Shakti Raj Parihar said development is the main agenda of this Government and he will work to make Doda an all weather tourist destination as the area has huge potential of tourism and need to be tapped accordingly.
Parihar said his main focus will be on “Education in Rural areas” as education can bring desirable positive outcomes in the society which affect us socially and economically and urged upon the youth to focus on quality education.
Both the Ministers assured the people of all round development and welfare of society especially in the matters of power ,education, tourism and other sectors.