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| Union Culture Ministry to takeover Kashmir's Centaur hotel | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 11: Centaur Lake View (CLV) Hotel in Srinagar is likely to be handed over to the Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in view of the fact that they have professional experience and expertise of successfully running the Ashoka Group of Hotels in the Country.
Though it is not yet known when the same would happen but a parliamentary panel has recommended for giving the hotel to Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In its recommendations on the representation received from Javed Pandit and Harish regarding implementation of wage revision in the Centaur Lake View Hotel Srinagar/Hotel Corporation of India, Delhi; the committee on petitions has taken strong note of Union Ministry of Civil Aviation taking little or no interest in making Centaur Hotel in Srinagar a revenue earning asset.
They have said that during their visit, they apart from understanding hardships being faced by the employees of the Centaur Hotel/Hotel Corporation of India, observed that the location of the Hotel is such if renovation work, in tune with the present favourable tourism-related conditions, is undertaken and proper amenities are put in place, there could be no reason for tourists to hesitate in coming to the Hotel and enjoy its grandeur.
They further added that in case the Ministry of Civil Aviation is not able to shed its inertia in the much-needed effort towards the revival of Centaur Hotel and have conceded that running of Hotels in the present times is not in their expertise, the entire fleet of Hotels under their Administrative control could be handed over to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in view of the fact that they have professional expertise of successfully running the Ashoka Group of Hotels in the Country.
In the wake of this non-serious attitude of the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation, committee has strongly recommended to the Ministry to explore the feasibility of handing over the Hotels to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism or running them in some form in collaboration with them for transforming them to profit making ventures, especially keeping in view the overall welfare of their employees. The Committee has said that government should immediately handover Centaur Hotel to the Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The committee has further added that to transform the Centaur Lake View Hotel CLVH) Srinagar into a profit-making, self-sustaining entity, there is an urgent need to meticulously calibrate the existing mechanism of review, monitoring and control of all activities connected with the renovation/repair of HCI properties in order to ensure that the desired result is achieved in a timebound manner.
The committee has said that a fresh impetus is, therefore, required to be given to various renovation projects initiated by the Ministry way back in the year 2013 through accurate activity mapping and timely completion. Committee has urged Union Ministry of Civil Aviation to be extra careful while implementing the recommendations of the committee so that the purpose of examination of instant Petition by them does not get disoriented.
Besides talking about the renovation part, the committee on petitions has dealt in detail with the issues of employees also. It has said that revision of pay for Unionised category of employees should be subject to the condition that there shall be no increase in the labour cost per physical unit of output. Committee has further said that central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) which incurred net loss during any of the three financial years preceding the proposed wage negotiation need to provide an estimate to their administrative Ministry as to how resources would be generated by them to meet extra expenditure arising out of implementation of revision, and all such negotiated wages would not come in conflict with revision of officers and non-Unionised supervisors. |
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