First tourist village ‘Zoogu-Khairan’ in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam inaugurated

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

The first tourist village ‘Zoogu-Khairan’ in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam was inaugurated on Saturday. District development commissioner (DDC) Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza inaugurated this village and said that the area has a lot of potential to become a new tourist destination.

“This is a big occasion for Zoogu-Kharian Village and its adjacent habitations as this day mark the new beginning of socio-economic upliftment of this area,” Mirzasaid.

“Faith and efforts together made this day possible, the public of this area will see the difference in the near future,” he added.

The DDC said further, “To materialize this, cooperation, sincerity, attitude, hospitality, honesty, and strong commitment is very much required in changing the whole socio-economic dimension and diversity of this area.”

He spoke to the local youth to grab the golden opportunities and utilize those for boosting the footfall of tourists in the area.

“Your responsibility will be to form and establish local youth clubs, the government is committed to supporting you,” Mirza said.

“Each youth club will be given the support of Rs.10 lakh, of which 5 lakh will be provided by the government,” the commissioner said. The money would be used to create requisite infrastructure in chosen destinations.

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