TDCP, irrigation dept agree to promote tourism

MoU was signed between Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab and Punjab Irrigation Department

LAHORE:

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) and Punjab Irrigation Department, on Monday.

Under the MoU, the irrigation department will give its Inland Water Transport Company’s assets and rest houses at small dams to the TDCP for tourism purpose. The MoU was signed by irrigation department’s Chief Engineer Moinuddin Sheikh and TDCP General Manager Operations Asim Raza in a ceremony

Later, Punjab Irrigation Minister Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari while talking to media persons said rest houses were a precious asset of the department, adding that opening of rest houses for tourism was a good sign. Adviser to the chief minister, Asif Mehmood said the TDCP was taking all possible steps for the promotion of tourism. It is pertinent to mention here that the initiative was taken as per the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15^th, 2020.