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| 9 years and Rs 1.5 Cr later, Sanasar Golf course still in oblivion | | | Arun Singh
JAMMU, May 5: In yet another example of irresponsible squandering of public money by the Tourism Department, 9 years and an unfruitful expenditure of Rs 1.49 crore later, the project of re-development of 9- hole golf course at Sanasar is still incomplete .
Sources told Early Times that on the recommendations of Principal Secretary Tourism Department, Patnitop Development Authority (PDA) had taken up re-development of nine holes golf course at Sanasar as a component of project "Infrastructure facilities ancillary to proposed passenger aerial ropeway under the destination development scheme" sanctioned in 2005 by Government of India (Gol).
They further said that even after incurring an expenditure of Rs 1.49 crore between 2005-06 and 2008-09 on the redevelopment, viz segregating meadows with decorative fencing and construction of alternative footpath and redevelopment of nine holes, procurement of mechanical equipment the intended objective had not been achieved till date.
Sources further informed that before taking up the project, a team of officials from Royal Spring Golf Course (RSGC) had recommended fencing of the golf course to restrict entry of grazing animals and general public. However, this had not been done, due to the reason that the place (Meadow) falling under golf course area is the only tourist attraction of Sanasar.
Although Tourism Department has been organizing adventure sports like paragliding in this meadow but it failed to ensure the restriction of animals and tourists in the particular area which had been marked for golf course. Moreover, the procurement for Golf equipment and utilization of re-developed golf course for organizing the Golf tournaments has not been done so far. |
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