Jammu, March 27(Scoop News) — The J&K Government is looking forward to harness solar energy to provide power supply to the people in mountainous areas of Nobra and Zanskar in the Leh region.
Minister for Tourism, Rigzin Jora, gave this information, in reply to a question by Tsetan Namgyal.
The Minister said that the Science & Technology Department, which work as Nodal Agency for Union Ministry for Renewable Energy, has conducted a survey for taking up the solar energy project in the twin border areas of Nobra and Zanskar.
The Minister also gave details about the electrification of villages being carried out in the Nobra area. He also gave the details about Micro hydel projects proposed for the area.
In reply to the questions of Ashwani Kumar and Sofi Abdul Gaffar, clubbed with this question, the Minister gave details about the status of power development works in their respective constituencies
In reply to another question of Nizam-u-Din Bhat, the Minister gave details about the measures suggested by the Environment Impact Assessment Study for mitigating any adverse impact on the environment due to the construction of the Kishan Ganga Hydel Project.
Rigzin Jora, while replying to supplimentaries on a series of similar questions raised, during Question Hour, here today.
The Minister said that the consultancy would conduct a comprehensive survey in all the three regions of the State and suggest measures to harness the tourist potential more optimally.
Responding to the demands of the Members, the Minister said that the provisions allow for expanding the scope and jurisdiction of a particular Development Authority, on the public demand. He said that it was the prime objective of the Government to expand the scope of the vital tourism industry to every potential area and various measures are being taken in this regard.
In reply to the question of Ashok Kumar, the Minister said that the Government has contacted Goa Institute of Water Sports for survey and consultancy to recommend measures for promoting Water Sports in Baglihar Dam Lake. He also gave details about the tourism infrastructure development works taken up in Sanasar and Batote areas.
In reply to another question by Mohammad Ashraf , the Minister said that there was no proposal for creating Sub-Division within Wullar- Manasbal. He, however, said that some more villages, having tourism potential are being included under the ambit of the Development Authority.
The Minister also informed that the Tourism Department has spent Rs 19.45 lakh and Rs 4.07 lakh for developing facilities for visiting devotees at Baba Shakur-ud-Din Shrine and Tujar Sharief, respectively.
The Minister also gave a detailed resume of the tourism development activities in Tral area of the Kashmir Division and Bani Tehsil of the Jammu division, in reply to the clubbed questions of Mushtaq Ahmad Shah and Lal Chand
Basharat Bukhari, Nizam-udin Bhat, Abdul Razak and Sayed Bashir raised supplimentaries on these questions