Excelsior Correspondent
BASOHLI, Feb 15: Col (retd) Mahan Singh, DDC Chairman Kathua, today met Dr Mohit Gera, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) J&K and Dr D Manjunath, Deputy Commissioner, Kendra Vidyalaya Sangathan Jammu to discuss issues related to district Kathua.
The DDC Chairman urged PCCF to establish forest nurseries in all five sub districts of Kathua to promote Green Kathua Mission and benefit farming community with good quality plants conducive to local environment. He apprised Dr Gera about the exponential potential of eco tourism in the region and proposed eco huts, view points and development of forest tracking routes.
Col Mahan appealed PCCF to revive boating project in Basohli along the Ranjeet Sagar Dam for promoting eco tourism and forest protection. He also discussed construction of eco huts in the jungles of Sukrala-Machhedi, Dharmahanpur and Bani regions.
The DDC Chairman mentioned that under the implementation of the project on “Forest Development and Protection” in Basohli Forest Division out of the funds provided by the JK-SFC, tenders were floated for the procurement of four FRP Motor boats establishment of the associated infrastructures like Jettie’s etc at Basohli FD during the FY 2017-18. One Jetti each was also proposed for the Purthu & Panagar areas, which were not established as on date, he added.
The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest assured the DDC Chairman to consider the proposal positively.
Later, Col Mahan Singh met Deputy Commissioner Kendra Vidhyalay Sanghatan based in Gandhi Nagar, Jammu to know the latest status of proposed KVs in Ramkot and Bani which has already been sanctioned in principle. The proposals of KVs at Mahreen, Billawar, Damra and Bhoond also came up for discussion.
The Commissioner apprised the Chairman that the case for formal sanction of KV Ramkot and Bani are already with the Union Ministry of Education New Delhi and others cases are being processed with the authority’s concerned.
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