JAMMU, Nov 22: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo held a meeting of Tourism Department to take stock of the preparations made by them to hold Jammu Marathon in the month of February here.
Besides the Commissioner Secretary, Tourism the meeting was attended by ADGP, Jammu; Secretary in Culture Department; SSP Traffic, Jammu; Director, Tourism, Kashmir/Jammu and other concerned officers of the Department.
Dulloo while enquiring about the formats and routes of the race impressed upon the department to take into account the suggestions from professional runners besides those from other stakeholders involved in its conduct.
The Chief Secretary further asked the organizing department to look into holding of ultra trail run here in Jammu connecting the popular destinations like Surinsar, Mansar and other tourist places enroute.
He asked them to fix the dates for holding these events simultaneously so that most of the fitness lovers at international and national level are able to participate besides the local ones residing here in J&K.
The Commissioner Secretary, Tourism, Yasha Mudgal took this occasion to highlight the plans of the department to hold this running event in Jammu. She revealed a number of routes and plans for the meeting to deliberate upon.
Later on the Chief Secretary also took appraisal of the efforts made by the department for developing more skiing destinations across J&K.
He asked the department to appoint a consultancy of international repute in coordination with Indian Institute of Skiing & Mountaineering (IISM) for exploring many more Gulmarg like snow and slopes across the UT to promote skiing there.
It was given out that the snow drag lifts are being developed by the department at Sanasar (Patnitop), Padri (Baderwah), Doodhpathri and Sonamarg for starting this sport there.
It was added that more infrastructure would be created in future to uplift this sport here all across J&K.
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