Tourists can now enjoy picturesque grasslands, crystals clear streams, flora and fauna at Bhal Padri in the hill Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, which construct a 10 -km road from Padri to ‘Valley of Valley’.
Spreading 11 kilometers, this huge meadow was accessible to nomades till now at the high access of the Kailash range – Gurjars and Bakels were trekking there with livestock with the onset of summer – or in Bhadirwa, mountaineers and teams of botanists of the institute of environment and botanists of the institute.
To woo tourists, Doda is organizing a festival in Jammu -Kashmir Tourism Department, Bhal Padri, along with the District Administration, Jammu Tourism Department and Cultural Sports of Educational Environmental Sports and Bhalesa, which is situated at a height of 11,000 feet in Gandho Sub Division on July 20.
A scene of Bhal Padri.
Surrounded by a dense forest of pine, cedar and betula utilis (Himalayan birch, or bhojpatra), Bhal Padri, locally called the ‘Valley of Flowers’, is connected to the road to the road, which is located on a tourist destination at a tourist destination in Bhadrawah, which is located at a height of 10,000 FTT.
Bal Padri in Gandoh Sub Division is the second longest valley on the high reach of Pir Panjal after a 30-km long sav dhar, which starts from Bhadirwah sub-division in Doda district and goes to Basantgarh in Udhampur district.
Doda Deputy Commissioner Hartinder Singh visited Bal Padri last week, in which 25 tourists and a local Ponywala were killed by Pakistan terrorists to review security measures after reopening the area for tourists two months after the Pahgam terror attack.
According to Singh, the road from Padri to Bal Padri in Gandoh sub division has been completed and only its blackets have been abandoned. The nearest village of the tourist place is Thanla – a 100 percent tribal village. Officials said that at the end of the monsoon season, the work of blackcutopting will be picked up after August 15. Officials said that work on another 7 km road has also been taken to connect Bal Padri with Gandoh.
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The tourism department has constructed a room with a restaurant in Padri. To promote the area as a skiing destination, the department has also laid a cable for a chair cars there, the Doda Deputy Commissioner said, the facilities will be inaugurated soon.
Rs 4,224 crore for 316 new roads in J&K
The central government has approved the largest package of Rs 4,224 crore for the construction of 316 new roads, which combines 390 settlements with a population of more than 250 people for the construction of 316 new roads, in Jammu and Kashmir.
Significantly, a maximum of 223 roads have been approved in the Jammu region, especially from the districts where the report of the terrorist movement has stated, sources have said.
While 41 new roads have been approved in Seema Rajouri district, the border is adjacent to Poonch district (40) and Doda (31). Ramban district has 26 roads, followed by Rasi (21), Udampur and Kishtwar (20 each), Katua (15), Jammu (6) and Samba (3).
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Sources said that along with a total length of 1,781 km, all 316 roads would have to be completed within a period of five years.
Describing it as the largest package for J&K under PMGSY, officials said that these roads will promote socio-economic development and change in rural areas. They will bring the existing educational, health and other government infrastructure closer to these residences.
In addition to benefiting the local population, better road connectivity will also help security forces in completing anti-sensory operations.
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