Jammu, June 11: Commissioner Secretary Tourism, Yasha Mudgal, today reviewed CAPEX 2025–26 works with senior officers and CEOs of Tourism Development Authorities.
While emphasizing impactful project execution, she directed time-bound completion, close coordination, and urgent upgradation of tourist infrastructure, including repair of non-functional toilets.
While discussing various issues her main focus remains on strengthening tourism through well-monitored, high-impact initiatives across J&K.
Present in the meeting were senior officers of the Tourism Department, Director Tourism Kashmir, MD JKTDC and heads of Tourism Development Authorities.
During the discussion, the Commissioner Secretary emphasized the need for optimal utilisation of allocated funds and timely completion of ongoing works.
She asked the agencies to ensure that projects scheduled for the current financial year are completed without delay. Savings under RE 2024-25, if any, should be proposed for reallocation to projects requiring additional funds to maximize financial efficiency, she added.
The Commissioner Secretary also directed the agencies to prioritise repair and renovation of internal roads at tourist destinations under BE 2025-26.
She emphasized addressing basic amenities for tourists, ensuring that pending power bill payments are cleared on priority.
Further, she stressed the importance of selecting projects with visible impacts that could enhance tourist attractions, proposing new initiatives to create fresh tourist experiences, and ensuring that existing non-functional assets are made operational instead of focusing on new constructions but strange to mention here she was totaly silent regarding burning issue of revised Master Plan of Patnitop Development Authority, otherwise speaks of tourism developments.
Agencies were asked to provide details of approved projects where funds have not yet been released. All agencies were instructed to submit revised RE 2024-25 and BE 2025-26 proposals by tomorrow, incorporating the directives issued during the meeting.
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