Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Minister of tourism said
PTI, “We have few tourist police officers to deal with the tourists and we have
considered elevating a new battalion to deal with the tourists more humanely.”
He also said, “We have written to the Chief
Minister and the Home Department to either permit us to recruit the force
directly or prepare a battalion from the regular police.”
However he said that the department
believes that employment of fresh people will be better than preparing regular
police.
Talat Prevez, Director Tourism, said, “We
have about 72 officers appointed in the department out of the approved 106
posts. As new tourist destinations are increasing, the number of tourists are
also increasing, even 106 posts is proving to be inadequate.”
Prevez said that the department feels that
there is a requirement of separate administration for the regions of Kashmir
and Jammu like the separate cabinets.
Mir stated that the chief minister has
guaranteed the department to look into the matter and “make some arrangements
soon’’.
The Minister said, “We have had undisturbed
tourism seasons for the past three years and as more tourists are visiting, we
need to put in place the essential infrastructure so that the tourists do not
feel any annoyance.”
He also added, “We have been working hard
to create a favourable environment. Still private investors are uncertain about
the situation, but now there is consolation and we expect to see more
infrastructure development.”
Mir said, that the department “is of the
people and for the people” thus wants to see more public involvement in
infrastructure expansion and rely less on government itself.
The minister further added that the quantity
of tourists visiting the state “does not matter” and that the administration
wants to attain superiority of services.
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