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Farooq favours re-opening of cinemas, liquor shops
Tuesday December 06, 2011 09:53:31 AM,
IANS
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Srinagar: Jammu and
Kashmir's National Conference (NC) president and union New and
Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah Monday said the cinema
halls and liquor shops should re-open in the valley to give a
fillip to tourism industry in the state.
He was speaking at a function to mark the birth anniversary of the
NC founder and former chief minister, Sheikh Abdullah, here.
"What is wrong with cinemas when we watch movies on the television
at home?" Farooq Abdullah said.
He said the re-opening of cinema halls and liquor shops would
"give a boost to the tourism industry which is the backbone of the
local economy".
"Where will the tourists go in the evening? They cannot remain
confined to their hotel rooms. They need recreation," the NC
president said.
Cinema halls and liquor shops were closed in the Kashmir valley in
1990 when militancy reared its head in the state.
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