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| Triple focus at Katra | | Vohra, Farooq, Omar do brainstorming | | Early Times Report
Katra, Sept 5: The base township of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine today had government’s focused attention for augmenting facilities in view of an ever increasing pilgrim influx as the Governor NN Vohra, Union Energy Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah gathered there with the top heavy bureaucracy for a brainstorming session.
The idea behind the meeting was to mull measures for putting in place a matching infrastructure to cater the huge influx of pilgrims which is increasing by lakhs every year. Ideas were also discussed for attracting the pilgrims to nearby heritage areas of Reasi district.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Raj Kumar Goyal and the Additional CEO Dr Mandeep K Bhandari presented details on various ongoing schemes.
Governor laid emphasis on the time-bound restoration and showcasing of Bhimgarh Fort at Reasi, as a tourist destination, adding that the INTACH, Tourism, Culture and Archives departments need to put in their coordinated efforts. He stressed the need for commencing the renovation work of the Fort most early.
Chief Minister said that the Katra Development Authority needs to play a pro-active role by foreseeing the development needs of the people. He said that current progressive trend of pilgrims arrival at Katra will further move upward, once Katra gets connected to other parts of the country with the completion of the ongoing Railway Project. He emphasized that the infrastrucute needs to be correspondingly upgraded and enlarged.
Referring to the need for improvement of roads in the area, the Chief Minister asked the concerned agencies to incorporate the cost of relocation of various utilities in the total project cost so that the completion of projects does not get delayed for want of funds.
The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, at a separate meeting with the Governor and the Chief Minister, discussed the solar energy use plans for Katra town and the track from Banganga to the Holy Cave for lighting and water heating purposes.
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