J-K govt planning water kingdom in Jammu: Minister

Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to develop a water kingdom here on Public Private Partnership mode to further add to the tourism industry of the state.
"The government is contemplating an ambitious project to develop water kingdom in city of temples on PPP mode in an area of about 300 kanal to further add to the tourism industry of the state", Minister for Tourism, G A Mir said at a meeting here today.
He also discussed the speedy completion of prestigious project of Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex.
Mir said the state government has revised work plan for early completion of development project of Mubarak Mandi Heritage complex.

The government has engaged engineering wing of Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Departments to work with Archaeological Survey of India for speedy completion of the restoration of the royal complex being projected as the Dogra heritage site, he said.
Although the Central government approved a hefty sum for the project but ratio of its utilisation is very low, the Minister said.
A coordination committee would be constituted comprising members of Tourism department and other concerned stakeholders which would visit Rajasthan to learn about the effective ways of preservation and conservation of ancient monuments of great heritage significance, Mir said.
Besides, possibilities would also be explored to seek support of reputed national and international agencies in this field for early completion of the project, he said.