Authorities in Kashmir are mulling to use the large number of water bodies for transport purposes in order to ease vehicular pressure on roads of the Valley and also attract more tourists. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Asghar Hassan Samoon chaired a meeting yesterday in which he asked various departments to take necessary steps to start water transport in River Jhelum, Dal, Wullar and other lakes for the benefit of locals as well as tourists, an official spokesman said. Samoon had convened the meeting to review the modalities for water transport in…
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