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| Crores for Dal, Wullar; Peanuts for Mansar, Surinsar | | Discrimination with Jammu | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 16: While central government has sanctioned crores of rupees for development of Dal and Wullar Lake, a meager amount has been kept for safeguarding the Mansar and Surinsar Lake.
According to the sources, Government has approved Rs 1,100 crore, for the Dal Lake and Rs 386 crore for Wullar Lake whereas only Rs 5 crore each has been kept for the conservation and development of Surinsar Lake and Mansar Lake.
Government seems to have closed its eyes towards the plight of these water bodies which could become major tourist attractions in the state.
Sources also said that the government has turned close eyes towards the tourist resorts of the Jammu region and intentional non-projection of demands with respect to their development.
They added that the matter of development of tourist infrastructure at the Mansar and Surinsar Lakes were also taken up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and he had written to the state government to have Mansar and Surinsar Lakes included within the purview of the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority. "But the state government didn't comply even with the directions of the Prime Minister and chose to ignore the two lakes from the purview of the said authority" said sources.
Director Tourism, Jammu R S Mehta said the funds for Mansar and Surinsar Lakes are only for maintenance of the area around the lakes where as in Srinagar, government is providing funds for the conservation and maintenance of the lake as well as area around the lakes. Mehta further said that there is no such proposal to increase the funds for the Jammu lakes. |
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