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JAMMU: A meeting of the Bahu Fort Development Committee (BFDC) was held regarding the Shrine Board, in which concern was expressed over no action being taken on the consent letter sent by the Divisional Commissioner Jammu to the Secretary Tourism Department on March 4, 2023 for the formation of the Shrine Board.
Speaking on this occasion, Committee Chairman Rajeev Charak said that due to the pending process of formation of Shrine Board, we have become suspicious as to why the Secretary Tourism Department is not taking action for the last 9 months whereas he had sent this letter only to the Principal Secretary GAD. He said sitting on the proposal for the last 9 months raises some doubts on his working style and questions are raised as to what is his compulsion due to which the matter is stuck in his office till date.
He added that after the direct train to Katra, the business units related to tourism of Jammu have been suffering continuous losses, which will further mount when the rail reaches Kashmir in the coming days.
He said that before the train reaches Kashmir, the shrine of Bawe Wali Mata temple should be established so that religious tourists coming to Jammu get facilities and the temple city of Jammu becomes a center of attraction for religious tourists like Shri Mata Vaishno Devi.
He said that there are so many offerings in the temple of Mata Mahakali Bawe Wali that the district administration runs a parallel administrative unit of Jammu, for example, for development, salary and temples, by renovating the ancient temples lying in dilapidated condition in the city of Jammu and providing employment to the unemployed people living there.
He appealed to Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha to intervene in this noble work so that the work started by the then Governor NN Vohra from the year 2016 can be completed with his efforts.
