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Tulip Garden Records Highest-Ever Tourist Footfall This Season

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SRINAGAR: Tulip Garden in Srinagar has recorded the highest-ever tourist footfall this season as over 3.60 lakh people from different countries and states visited the garden in the last 30 days.
Shayiq Rasool, Floriculture Officer, Tulip Garden t said that a total of 3,65,624 people visited the garden so far from March 20 to April 18.
He said that of total 3.60 lakh visitors, 58,600 were locals while 3,03,870 were from different states of the country, adding that 3154 foreign tourists also visited the garden in the last 30 days.
The officer said that it is for the first time that such a massive rush of visitors has been witnessed at the garden. “Tulip garden has witnessed a record-breaking tourist footfall this season,” he said.
Pertinently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet a few days ago said that Jammu and Kashmir is beautiful, and even more so during the Tulip season.
Tulip garden was thrown open by the authorities for the general public on March 19 while the administration in wake of the rush of the visitors had also issued traffic advisory to ensure that there is no inconvenience to the people.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

April 20, 2023
Tulip garden records highest-ever tourist footfall this season

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Srinagar, Apr 19: The Asia’s largest Tulip Garden in Srinagar has recorded the highest-ever tourist footfall this season as over 3.60 lakh people from different countries and states visited the garden in the last 30 days.
Shayiq Rasool, Floriculture Officer, Tulip Garden told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) a total of 3,65,624 people visited the garden so far from April 20 till May 18, 2023.
He said that of total 3.60 lakh visitors, 58,600 were locals while 3,03,870 were from different states of the country, adding that 3154 foreign tourists also visited the garden in the last 30 days.
The officer said that it is for the first time that such a massive rush of visitors has been witnessed at the garden. “Tulip garden has witnessed a record-breaking tourist footfall this season,” he said.
Pertinently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet a few days ago, said that Jammu and Kashmir is beautiful, and even more so during the Tulip season.
Tulip garden was thrown open by the authorities for the general public on April 20 while the administration in wake of the rush of the visitors had also issued traffic advisory to ensure that there is no inconvenience to the people—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

April 19, 2023
Highest-ever capital outlay of Rs 2.40 lakh crore for railways in budget

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New Delhi: The capital outlay for the railways has been increased to the highest-ever Rs 2.40 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2023-24, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday.
Presenting the budget in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said the outlay for the railways is nine times the amount provided in 2013-2014.
She said 100 critical transport infrastructure projects for last- and first-mile connectivity for coal, fertilizer, and food grain sectors have been identified and will be taken up on a priority basis with an investment of Rs 75,000 crore, including Rs 15,000 crore from private sources, she said.
With increased passenger expectations, the railways are planning to refurbish more than 1,000 coaches of premier trains such as Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Humsafar, and Tejas. The interiors of these coaches will be improved with a modern look and for enhanced passenger comfort.
A significant allocation is likely to be made to replace old tracks as the railways plan to speed up trains and launch Vande Bharat Express in more destinations. Aimed at attracting tourists, the railways is proposing to manufacture 100 more Vistadome coaches.
In the budget, the government proposed to manufacture 35 hydrogen fuel-based trains, 4,500 newly designed automobile carrier coaches with side entry, 5,000 LHB coaches, and 58,000 wagons.
The railways were allocated Rs 1.4 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2022-23, of which Rs 1.37 lakh crore was earmarked for capital expenditure and Rs 3,267 lakh crore for revenue expenditure.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 1, 2023