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JAMMU: In its endeavor to give new dimensions to tourism industry in the State, government is committed to complete several tourism related projects in a time bound manner.
The Minister of State for Education, Technical Education, Culture, Tourism, Department of Horticulture, Floriculture and Parks said this during her visit to Peerkho to inspect the progress of work on ambitious cable car project spanning from Peerkho to Mahamaya Temple to Bahu Fort.
Director Tourism Jammu, Smita Sethi, Managing Director JKCCC, Shamim Ahmad Wani, Joint Commissioner JMC, Khushal Chand, XEN Tourism besides officials of JKCCC and other allied agencies were present on the occasion.
The Minister was also accompanied by senior political leaders Yudhvir Sethi and Baldev Singh Baloria besides Viney Gupta, Arun Sethi, Kaka, Ramesh Mahajan and Mahant Ravi Nath.
The Minister was informed that the project would be completed by early 2018 and is expected to cost Rs. 72 crore.
Priya Sethi took stock of works at Peerkho sites and enquired about completion timelines for various stages of the project.
The Minister asked the engineers and officers to expedite the work so that the project is thrown open to public within the promised timeframe. Sethi said that completion of this project will give a major boost to the State tourism economy by creating varied avenues for the people associated with the tourism industry.