State to submit Rs 500-crore proposal to Centre for Wular Boulevard

To promote ecotourism, the J&K Government is going to construct a 21.4-km-long boulevard around Wular lake — one of the largest freshwater lakes in South Asia. The Rs 500-crore proposal for the 350-foot-wide boulevard from Bakshibal to Haritar village along the banks of the Wular is likely to be submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Ecology next month. “The construction of the 21.4-km-long boulevard along the third-line flood protection bund from Bakshibal to Haritar village is under the active consideration of the government and a proposal for it will…

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