Leh,(Ladakh),April 17 (Scoop News) -Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora on Tuesday inspected the progress work of the world’s highest Golf Course which is being developed on 1520 Kanals of land at the shore of Indus at Shey. This Golf Course which is of International standard having 18 holes would be completed by the October 2013 at a cost of Rs: 12.00 crore.
The engineers apprised the Minister about the salient feature of this Golf Course saying that it will be ready for practice by the end of this working season.
The Minister also inspected the Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra at Ti-suru Leh today where finishing works and final touching of the auditorium and other infrastructure are going on with full swing.
It is to mention that the major events of upcoming Ladakh International Film Festival would be held in this complex in June this year. Mainly in the 400 capacity auditorium of this complex, the international films will be screened in the competition section, Jora urged the engineers to speed up the execution works so that the auditorium will be ready in time.
The Minister also inspected the progress work at Trans Himalayan Cultural Centre which is coming up at a cost of Rs: 30 crore under Tourism sector. The Minister said that the model of this Cultural centre is already completed, as such the need of the hour is to focus on early completion of this Centre, he added.
The Minister also inspected the construction work of Ladakh Convention Centre and the Food Craft Institute at Takski-thang and urged the engineers for early completion of these important infrastructure.
The Deputy Commissioner Leh Tsering Angchok who was accompanying the Minister apprised in detail about the progress of works at these sites. The Engineers and District Officers also accompanied the Minister during his inspection.
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