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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, JAN 3: All Jammu Hotels and lodges (AJHL) association has flayed the state governor, N N Vohra for continuously discrimination against tourism industry in Jammu province.
Referring to the package of post agitations in Jammu and Kashmir economic revival announced by the governor recently, Jammu hoteliers body has rued total neglect of tourism related trades in Jammu in the package, despite the fact that tourism related trades in Jammu suffered a huge loss, during two month long agitation, with prolonged curfews and shut down.
A meeting of the hoteliers association held here today under chairmanship of its president Inderjeet Khajuria, observed that the hotels and lodges in the Jammu city and Katra town as well as in the other parts of the region registered zero occupancy during this period of agitation, leading to heavy losses suffered by them , including the restaurants and all other trades pending upon the pilgrims and tourist suffered heavy losses. But no relief and package of incentives have been offered in the so called economic revival package announced by the governor. He said while house boat owners an even hotels in Kashmir valley have been provided some relief, in terms of subsidy in interest loans from banks for their renovation, the hotels and lodges in Jammu region have been excluded form this package.
The meeting further brought on record that since 1996 all the packages of relief rehabilitation and incentive for revival of tourism of tourism industry have remained confined to Kashmir valley, while Jammu region ahs been totally ignored, although tourism related industry in Jammu has suffered for a longer period, beginning from Punjab militancy. Expressing the hope that the new government in the state that comes into being within days will rectify this discrepancy.
The other who attended the meeting included Ajay Gupta, Pawan Gupta, H S Manhas, Baldev and Amarjeet Singh.
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