Mansar Lake Development Plan in Jammu and Kashmir
- Posted By
10Pointer
- Categories
Infrastructure
- Published
3rd Nov, 2020
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- The plan is to attract more than 20 lakh tourists every year.
- It is expected to generate employment of 1.15 crores of man-days.
- In all, the project will generate Rs 800 crores of revenue.
- The lake is to be rejuvenated and renovated on the lines of Ganga river cleaning project.
- Along with Lake Mansar, River Devika of Jammu and Kashmir is also to be renovated and rejuvenated.
- Together, these two projects are to be implemented at a cost of Rs 200 crores.
- The region will soon receive the first Bio-tech Industrial Park and first seed-processing plant of North India.
- Mansar Lake is located in Jammu.
- It has been designated as Ramsar convention site in 2005. It is a freshwater lake. It is a natural lake and fishing is the major activity.
