Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 16: Shri Ram Sena (SRS) State president, Rajiv Mahajan has demanded a CBI inquiry in the Tulip Garden project raised at a cost of Rs 8.5 crore on 563 kanals of land at Bhour Camp in Jammu which was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on March 31, 2008.
Mahajan demanded the expenditure account of Rs. 8.5 crore-sanctioned amount for the project and the status of the garden to be made public. He also asked the MLA Gandhi Nagar constituency and Speaker Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta under whose jurisdiction the Tulip Garden falls to take cognizance of the matter and sort out misappropriation of funds meant for Tulip garden project and help in booking the culprits.
Addressing a press conference here today, Rajiv Mahajan said, that over the years Kashmir centric Governments have been ignoring Jammu division in growth and development leaving this largest region (both population wise and area wise) starving.
He said, “Despite Jammu having the great potential of attracting both domestic and foreign tourists with extra-ordinary destinations in Chenab valley, Rajouri-Poonch belt and upper areas of Kathua district, the erstwhile Governments did not bother to prepare projects and submit them to Central Government for financial support so that many such areas could be developed as attractive tourist destinations.”
He added that although some projects were undertaken from the beginning of this century in Jammu areas, yet they moved on a slow pace due to negligence of the authorities even though Jammu division, by and large, was peaceful as compared to Kashmir valley.
Rajiv Mahajan further alleged that so far it has been the approach of the former coalition Government headed by Omar Abdullah and the now Mufti Mohammad Sayeed towards developing tourist destinations in Kishtwar, Doda, Bhaderwah, Batote-Sanasar belt, this side of the Pir Panjal around Mughal Road, stunning lakes in Rajouri-Poonch and hilly areas in Bani and Basohli in Kathua district.
Others present were Bal Krishan Arora, Ramesh Thakur, Sushil Verma etc.
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