JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday revealed that the assets of Sungli yatri base camp and rain shelter sheds for the Kailash yatra have been outsourced and said that this situation was inherited by his government.
Replying to a question by BJP MLA Dalerp Singh during Question Hour in the Assembly, Abdullah, who is also the Tourism minister, said that an amount of Rs 279.83 lakh had been spent on the construction of Yatri Base Camp Sungli and rain shelter sheds at Kailash Kund during 2014–15.
He said that in 2017, the asset was outsourced for a period of three years at Rs 24 lakh per year and was again outsourced for 10 years during 2024–25 at Rs 26.25 lakh per year with a 10 per cent escalation every year.