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| CM throws open renovated emporium building | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 27
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday threw open the renovated Jammu and Kashmir Government Arts Emporium at Residency Road here.
The renovation was done at a cost of Rs. 70 lakh with air conditioning facilities for the refurbished building.
The Chief Minister went round various sections of the emporium and evinced keen interest in the products.
The items put on sale include carpets, chain stitch, crewel, papier machie, wood carving and other world famous handicraft products of Kashmir.
Mr. Azad asked the officers of the J&K Handicrafts Corporation to put up hoardings of the emporium for information of tourists at prominent places like the Jammu Railway Station and enroute to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi cave shrine. He said the information should be displayed in English, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali languages to attract the incoming tourists.
The Chief Minister was informed that handicraft products worth Rs. one crore have been put up for sale in the emporium and the daily sales turn over on an average was Rs. 2 lakh.
Prominent among those present on the occasion were Minister for Industries and Commerce, Nawang Rigzin Jora, Minister of State for Industries and Commerce, Dr. Ramesh Chander Sharma, Chairman, J&K Handicrafts Corporation, Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Commissioner/Secretary Industries and Commerce, L. D. Jha, Director Handicrafts, R. A. Qadri and Managing Director, J&K Handicrafts Corporation, Abdul Majid Khandey. |
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