Chief Minister and National Conference Working President and party’s candidate from Sonawar and Beerwah Assembly segments Wednesday said he plans to develop Sonawar into a global example in Tourism, public infrastructure and services.In a statement to KNS Omar said that he has a comprehensive, holistic vision of development for Sonawar and would take the youth of the Sonawar on board in achieving the goals of employment generation, progress and economic growth.While addressing a function attended by legislators, party workers, youth activists and prominent social workers from various areas of Sonawar constituency at his residence in Srinagar today, he said, “I have been brought up in Sonawar and have a natural association with all of you on that count.
I have worked in Ganderbal with utmost sincerity and passion and now that we have groomed a local leader for Ganderbal, we have empowered him to continue serving the people of Ganderbal and continue the good work of the previous six years. Regardless of where I contest from, I will personally focus on the development of every single constituency in the State.”Omar said that God has bestowed Sonawar with unparalleled scenic beauty and the constituency hence forms one of the mainstays of tourism in the State. “There is an enormous untapped potential in Sonawar that I plan to focus on and develop on global tourism standards in order to generate thousands of locally supported jobs in the area. Our focus will be two-pronged – on one hand we will continue our focus on reducing the unemployment by giving a boost to Tourism in Sonawar especially in new areas that are not on the tourism map as of now, and on the other hand we will create more facilities and avenues in public infrastructure at par with the best tourism destinations in the world. When these two efforts come together, we will see unprecedented economic growth in the areas,” Omar said while addressing the youth activists and party workers from Sonawar.
The NC Working President said that his vision for Sonawar, like his holistic vision for the entire State is based on the empowerment of the youth. “Our talented youth will be the propelling force behind all our dreams of development and progress. I assure the youth that I will work hand-in-hand with them to realize our common dreams of dignity, self-sustainability and prosperity”, Omar Abdullah added.The youth activists and political workers pledged their support to Omar’s vision and said that they were enthusiastic about his candidature from Sonawar. Various senior party leaders, legislators and youth leaders spoke on this occasion and welcomed Omar Abdullah’s decision to contest the upcoming elections from Sonawar.