Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 30: All Jammu Hotels and Lodges Association (AJHLA) expressed serious concern over the slow pace of construction work for the completion of the mega pipeline projects. In a meeting of office-bearers of held through video conferencing here today, the Chairman, AJHLA, Inderjeet Khajuria said that projects such as artificial lake and Mubarak Mandi complex which has direct bearing on the tourism sector, already in shambles due to corona pandemic and lockdowns. According to Pawan Gupta, President of the association, Government's recent decision to convert the Historic Mubarak Mandi Complex into a hotel under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode has generated strong resentment among Jammu masses as this step of the government is going to erode the history of the princely Dogra state and Dogra identity on one hand and violation of approved Master Plan on the other hand. It is greatly unfortunate that the Government is going to commercialize even the historic complexes instead of preserving and protecting them. The association appeals to the Government to reconsider its decision as the emotionally attached historic monuments are not for sale and if completion of historic monuments especially Mubarak Mandi Complex is carried out at war footing and open to public and tourists, it would surely generate unexpected high revenue which can be used for preserving and maintaining historic Complex. Other office bearers who participated in the meeting were M L Sharma, Anil Khajuria, Pritam Sharma, H S Manhas, Baldev Raj, Sunil Suri, Swarn Singh, Sankul Gupta, Manpreet Singh, Nishant Gupta and Varun Gupta. |
