Monday, July 28, 2014

Tourism businessmen protest to demand air services

Jaisalmer: The tourist season has almost started, but there is no hope of air service starting in Jaisalmer. Disappointed over the indifference of centre and state governments, the businessmen in Jaisalmer took out a silent procession under the banner of Golden City Tourism Confederation Development Society and I Love Jaisalmer and submitted memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union civil aviation minister.

The Society's president Prithviraj Singh and spokesperson Rajendra Kumar Awasthi said in the memorandum that Jaisalmer along with being a tourist place is a border district too due to which demand for air service is high not only for tourism but also for military. Despite the civil airport lying ready for two years, air service has not started till now.
Every year, over 100 chartered flights come to Jaisalmer which clearly shows how important the air service is in Jaisalmer. "If step-motherly treatment continues with Jaisalmer, then it will lag behind in all areas and setting up of new industrial plants will remain a distant dream," the memorandum said.
28/07/14 Vimal Bhatia/Times of India
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