Smoothly

Staff Writer, *Hazrat Amer Kabir shrine to be repaired by 2010* - Press Trust Of India - India
Monday, August 24, 2009

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government today said the repair and renovation work of the famous shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Amer Kabir in Pulwama district was expected to be completed by next year.

The shrine at Tral in South Kashmir was destroyed in a mysterious fire in December 1998.

Repair and renovation of the shrine of Hazrat Amer Kabir also known as 'Khan Khai Faiz Panah' was being executed by Tourism department through Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation and is going on smoothly, Tourism minister Nawang Rigzin Jora said.

The work is expected to be completed by August, 2010, he said in a written reply to a question in the state Assembly. Jora said so far work worth Rs 235 lakh [$ 486,542.--] has been completed as part of phase one. It was earlier estimated at Rs 227 lakh.

[Picture: Mustard in full bloom. Photo from Pulwana Official Gateway.]