Accusing the Omar Abdullah-led alliance Government of playing petty politics over the Jammu ropeway project Minister of State for Tourism Priya Sethi Thursday clarified there is no word as ‘Shahabad’ in the revenue records hence the same cannot be used in the name of the project.
“The previous Government had introduced the name of Shahabad colony for the sake of vote bank politics. As per our records the name of the project was Bahu Fort-Mubarak Mandi Ropeway project with Peer-kho as a take off point, Mahamaya as the intermediary and Bahu Fort as the landing terminal”.
Sethi said, “We will go by the revenue records and won’t allow any one to play with the sentiments of people of Jammu region”.
Addressing a Press conference in her office chamber inside Civil Secretariat, Priya Sethi said the department has already initiated a process to identify the individual and fix the responsibility of the same authority who had tried to instigate the sentiments of the people of Jammu region by issuing a tender notice. I have scrapped the same and have also called explanation of the concerned to fix their responsibility,she added.
Sethi said three cable car projects are in pipeline for Jammu region including Jammu Rope way Project at the cost of Rs.60 crore which is due for commissioning by March 2018, Patnitop Gandola project sanctioned at Rs. 130 crore in PPP mode and Shiv Khori rope way project at the cost of Rs 80 crore for which tendering process has already been initiated.