Revive recreational activities at Amar Singh Club: J-K CM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called for optimal utilisation of facilities at the Amar Singh Club here so that it is able to generate its own resources and urged upon members to revive activities at the historic recreational centre.
"To function on a self-sustaining basis, Amar Singh Club will have to devise a strategy to explore possibilities of creating more recreational and sporting facilities for the members. It has an ideal location and used to be a lively club in the past. But now, the activities have somewhat diminished," he said chairing the Annual General Meeting of the club here.

Assuring the members of government's support in restoring the infrastructure in the club which was damaged in last year's floods, Sayeed, who is also the President of the Club, said the responsibility of reviving it to its past glory lay entirely with the club management and its members.
"It is my third visit here. I hope the members broaden the scope of the activities and make Amar Singh Club a vibrant and happening place," he said, insisting upon making the club a family place with facilities of entertainment for children.
The Chief Minister expressed hoped that the club would become a centre of recreational activities, just like its namesake at Jammu.

"The Chief Secretary shall see that the Club finds its spark once again," he said, while asking the management to showcase the Club by inviting tourists.
The over 80-year-old club is one of the oldests clubs in northern India.