Tourist infra in J&K to be ready by March end: official

All the tourist infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir, which was damaged during the devastating floods last year is expected to be put in place by the end of March, a senior state governmnet official said today.
Briefing reporters here, J-K Tourism Secretary Shailendra Kumar said the private tourism infrastructure providers have informed the state government that the entire infastructure will be ready by March 31.
"As far as the government infrastructure, such as the hotels, is concerned, it will be completely ready by March 31. The private people have said that their infarstructure will also be ready by that time," he said.

Devastating floods damaged tourists facilities in Srinagar last September, hitting the tourism industry badly.
According to Kumar, only 10 per cent of the tourist infrastructure was affcted while 90 per cent remained intact during the floods.
The Tourism Secretary also hoped that there would be a rise in the number of tourists coming to the Valley this year.
Earlier, Talat Parvez, Director, Tourism, Kashmir, said that a total of 1.25 crore tourists visited the state last year of which 1.15 lakh were foriegners.