14 Places In Budgam Declared Tourist Villages, People Said- 'Hope Of Starting A New Era Of Prosperity In The District'
Local people are happy with the declaration of 14 places in Budgam as tourist villages. This decision of the administration is expected to create prosperity and new employment opportunities in the district. Youth will also get financial assistance up to Rs 10 lakh for self-employment. People believe that this will lead to economic development of Budgam and tourists will get to see new attractive places, which will increase the prosperity of the area.
14 villages including Khag, Sitaram, Beerwah will be developed as tourist villages.
Razia Noor, Srinagar. There is a wave of happiness among the people of the district after the administration declared 14 places in central Kashmir Budgam as tourist villages. Welcoming this decision of the administration, he said that this step will start a new era of prosperity in the district. Whereas tourists will also get a chance to enjoy new tourist destinations.
Let us tell you that during the assembly session on Friday, the administration announced that Khag, Sitaram, Beerwah, Rathsun, Makhama, Hardpanju, Rahyar, Poshkar, Pakharpora, Kachhwari, Nilnag, Kausa, Kanihama, Branwar and Wathoora Jagu Arizal of the district will be developed as tourist villages. The administration also announced that the youth of 18-25 years of the said villages will be provided financial assistance up to Rs 10 lakh for self-employment and loans on easy installments.
The people of the district have expressed happiness with this announcement.
A person named Manzoor Ahmed Tantre, a resident of Rahyar Khansahib area, said, it is a very good step. Our district will benefit greatly from this. Manzoor said, despite being closest to Srinagar, our district is considered the most backward district compared to other districts here. This district of ours is deprived of all the basic needs like education, health, roads, electricity, water. The youth here are struggling with unemployment. Now if the government has taken this step, then I pray that the government should work seriously on this.
Another person named Sajjad Ahmed Bhat, a resident of Bugru, Shamsabad area of ​​the district, said, it was our dream for years that the government should pay attention to our district. Because there are not only Dudhpathri, Usarmag and Tosamaidan tourist places but there is a huge scope of tourism in our district.
All that was needed was that the government should pay attention to this, find these tourist spots and develop them. Thankfully, the government's attention has shifted towards this. Bhat said, developing the selected areas as tourist villages will improve the economic condition of the people of the district and most importantly, unemployed youth will get employment.
More scope for religious tourism in Poshkar
Adil Ahmed Wage, a resident of Poshkar area of ​​the district, said, there is a huge scope for religious tourism in our Poshkar area. The holy shrine of one of our famous Sufi saint Baba Latifuddin is situated here, where a large number of devotees gather every day. Wage said, now that our area is going to get the status of tourist village.
So we hope that the scope of religious tourism in the area will increase further which will strengthen the economic condition of our people while our tourists coming to the valley will also get a chance to see new beautiful places. Wage said, I request the administration to start work on this project without any delay and change the destiny of our district.
Dudhpathri and Yusmarg become center of attraction
Budgam district, just 12 kilometers away from Srinagar city, is considered to be the nearest district to Srinagar. However, despite being so close to Srinagar, this district is considered to be the most backward district among other districts. However, like other districts of the valley, this district also has immense tourism potential.
However, currently Dudhpathri and Yusmarg remain the center of tourist attraction in the district. People living around these tourist places depend on the tourists visiting there and earn their livelihood. It should be noted that about 20-25 thousand people earn their livelihood at the said tourist places Yusarmg and Dudhpathri.