 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 11: Commissioner Secretary, Tourism, Yasha Mudgal, after taking the charge of the department, recently chaired a meeting to review the functioning of J&K Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC).
Besides Managing Director JKTDC, the meeting was attended by other office bearers of the corporation and senior officers of the Tourism Department here.
The Commissioner Secretary had a holistic overview of business of the corporation. She enquired about its assets, their upkeep and utilization in realizing the revenue for JKTDC. She also asked about the staff strength of the corporation and their roles and responsibilities in running the business of the entity successfully.
Describing tourism business as highly profitable, the Commissioner Secretary asked the officials to explore the ways for optimum utilization of all assets of the corporation so as to fetch a good revenue and make the business profitable.
Yasha Mudgal directed the officers to hold the board meetings on regul basis for deciding the matters of the corporation and carrying out its activities smoothly. She asked them to be proactive in realizing all their outstandings besides being competitive in doing the business in the market.
Regarding assets of the corporation, the Commissioner Secretary was apprised that it possesses 36 Hotels comprising 780 rooms, 46 restaurants, 14 shops, 5 cafeteria, 199 huts and 133 dormitory rooms, conference halls etc. It was also given out that the corporation bears a staff strength of 622 in position at different designations.
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