Vohra says promote water sports, plan for Ranjit Sagar dam abandoned
Yash
Khajuria
Jammu,
Aug 22: At that time when N. N. Vohra, Governor himself
stressed the vital consequence of promoting watermanship among youth and
involving them in various water sports activities to optimally benefit
from existing nature’s bounty in the state.
On the same time the highly anticipated project to
develop Ranjit Sagar Dam as a water sports spot which includes nearly seven
activities as recommended in the survey report by the National Institute of
Water Sports Goa, has remained a dream unfulfilled due to the apathetic
attitude of the government.
Pertinent to mention here that, despite being
lucrative for the water sports activities this place which has been honored
with a special Art gallery at London “Basholi Art Gallery” in which paintings
and Pashmina Shawl of the area are being preserved by the foreigners” is
deprived to be groomed either a water sport spot or a tourist spot.
It was supposed to be developed as biggest water
sports facility in Jammu and Kashmir, but the project has failed, with no
further concern has been dropped by any of the departments.
Jagdish Raj Sapolia, MLA from the area said that the
area is an absolute place to be developed water sports spot as it was tabled to
the government by the Surveying agencies. “Despite being lucrative from the
sports point of view the area including 23 kilometer of lake stretch, have
enriched amount of environment and potential to attract tourist across the
country but the government as per its discriminatory attitude towards Jammu is
not interested to develop such sports in the province and steps are not been
initiated towards this exercise.
Over this concern, when contacted to the Minister
for Tourism and Culture Nawang Rigzin Jora said that the Government has offered
tender notice for couple of times for the said project but unfortunately nobody
has shown interest for the developmental practice at that place.
What are the reasons that government did not
get any positive response over the project?
“Besides government is always there to promote the
tourism and culture in any possible spot, may be the companies did not yet
observed the incredible nature and efficiency of tourism attraction of that
place hence they did not approach further. If somebody will see any possibility
of profitable business and comes to the government side we will definitely move
forward to the said project”, said Jora.