The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture is about to go to Kashmir on January 21. The 31-member committee, headed by Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh T G Venkatesh, will undertake a “study visit” of Srinagar and Gulmarg from January 21 to 23.
The members of the committee will maintain conferences with officers of the division of tradition and tourism and Archaeological Survey of India, together with representatives of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, with concentrate on “promotion and preservation of archaeological sites and artefacts in J&K”.