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| Mere inauguration of Basantgarh web site will in no way boost tourism | | It took five hours to cover 60 kilometer from Ramnagar to Basantgarh | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Udhampur Nov1: Tall claims of Revenue Minister and District administration while inaugurating a web site of Sub division Basantgarh of Ramnagar tehsil that it will boost tourism industry in the area seems exposed on ground.
Claims of making the area a tourism hub by top functionaries of the government remain a far cry going by the pathetic road conditions from Ramnagar to Basantgarh .
It takes more than five hours to cover mere 60 kilometer from Ramnagar to Basantgarh which can just be covered with in one and half hour if road condition would have been better said a local resident Jagdish Kumar of Majori village
He added that , road from Ramnagar to Basantgarh have deep potholes, broken top layer of premix. Spray of mud or dirty water greets road users and after Majori thirty kilometer road upto Basantgarh is total rough and dilapidated
Traversing the bad roads is nothing less than a nightmare for people, particularly those driving light motor vehicles, as they run the risk of hitting a pothole or even skidding due to mud and slush. The portion available to road-users is waterlogged, muddy with debris and leftovers of construction material littered all over.
The entire stretch of 60 kilometers is bumpy, dotted with potholes posing threat to daily commuters. Residents of the area alleged that web site is no use for them as they have not proper access to basic facilities like road ,Power and medical facilities even after sixty 63 years of independence . They alleged that Revenue minister inaugurated web site at Udhampur district headquarter it would have been people pleasure if he would have been visited at Basantgarh so that he might have come across with problems being faced by local residents on ground .
Locals alleged that despite repeated pleas made with the administration they have failed to evoke any response.
Ragav Sharma of Udhampur alleged that few days back he visited the area and found that area is beautiful having tourism potential but lacks basic facility . He added that road condition is so bad that bus starts early in the morning at 6 a.m. from Udhampur and reached 5 p.m. at Basantgarh covering ninety five kilometers .
He added that there is no boarding and lodging facility on way upto Basantgrah than how administration is talking about boost of tourism.
People having non access to basic facility cannot think to go through web site as they have no concept of computer like facility.
He added that if administration and govt sincerely wants to boost economy of people boosting tourism than it should create basic facility than other things or possible otherwise it will be a eye wash for locals.
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