GNS GULMARG, FEBRUARY 8:-Minister for Tourism, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, on Friday inaugurated Solar Power plant besides laying foundation of Tourist Information Center at world famous tourist resort Gulmarg. The 400 KVA Solar Power Plant has been installed at a cost of Rs.5.30 crore, ninety percent of which has been provided by the Union Ministry for Energy and Renewable. Besides, the Tourist Information Center would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs. 30 lakh and will have all modern facilities for the tourists. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that ensuring enhanced facilities to the tourists is endeavour of the government, for which, several programmes are being implemented. The Minister underscored the need for time bound completion of all ongoing projects taken up to upgrade the infrastructure facilities at various spots for convenience of visiting tourists. He directed the officers to make sure that all necessary arrangements are put in place before ensuing of spring season to avoid any inconvenience to the visitors who throng the state in large number from within and outside the Country.He instructed the Chief Executive Officers of Development Authorities to launch vigorous sanitation campaign in the tourist spots under their jurisdictions.
When the holy Quran was placed before Mohammed Maqbool Butt on the morning of February 11, 1984, he knew that death awaited him in the phansi kothi a few yards away. A high voltage bulb burning outside the grated doors of his solitary cell in the death row was indicative of the outside darkness. If he had had any hopes of living awhile yet, they were dashed by the presence of the” prison doctors. Jail superintendent, A.B. Shukla/had paid Butt a visit in the middle of the previous night. Shukla chatted with him for a long time but cautiously avoided any talk about the execution. “I will see you on Monday”, Butt’s counsel on record, the sallow-complexioned R.C. Pathak, had told him during a brief interview they were allowed on the evening of February 10. In answer, the condemned Kashmir Liberation Front leader, who was awarded the death sentence of the murder of a CID officer in 1966, had meaningfully remarked: “Do you think they will permit us a second meeting?” He was right! Butt was n...
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