NAWASHAHR: In a bid to promote Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of Shaheed Bhagat Singh onto the global stage, the district administration would identify 10 farm houses under farm tourism scheme where people would be able stay and pay tributes to martyr besides having glimpse of rural Punjab.
Chairing a meeting with officials and tourism department, Deputy Commissioner said that administration would nominate Khatkar Kalan village for the Best Village Award category by United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). He said that under farm tourism village of Punjab government, 10 farm houses adjoining or amidst agricultural land would be identified within next week where visitors would be provided home cooked food, comfortable accommodation, hygienic clean environment and would have glimpse of rural Punjab at a minimal cost.
The visitors would be taken to fields, tubewells in the village besides would be detailed about the historical importance of village by taking them to ancestral house of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh, museum and memorial complex, he said.
NPS Randhawa directed the officials to identify the farm houses and enrol under the scheme. He said that adequate publicity of the farm houses would be carried out among the masses to boost the tourism.
Deputy Commissioner further asked rural development and panchayat department and MC Banga to start cleanliness drive in the pond, parks and other parts of Khatkar Kalan and carry out plantation drive. He also asked them to ensure proper awareness drive among the people against the plastic to make it plastic free village.
Prominent among present on the occasion included Additional Deputy Commissioners Jasbir Singh, Amardeep Singh Bains, Assistant Commissioner Deepankar Garg, DDPO Davinder Sharma, Banga Tehsildar Lakshaya Gupta and others. '