Doda’s Pristine Meadow Lal Draman saw a festivity on Winter Festival!

Doda's Pristine Meadow Lal Draman saw a festivity on Winter Festival! Image/VoM

Dil Bar Irshad | February 9, 2025 | 12:30 PM IST | Doda, Featured by VoM, Jammu Kashmir | Tags: Doda's Pristine Meadow Lal Draman, Lal Draman | Follow on Google News

Doda’s Pristine Meadow Lal Draman saw a festivity on Winter Festival!

A pristine meadow—Lal Draman, located in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, eloped with towering deodar and fir trees—witnesses a scenic festivity as the much-awaited Winter Festival was organized by the Jammu Kashmir Tourism Department & District Administration Doda in collaboration with the Tejas Ek Pahal Foundation.

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The destination, nearly about 25 kilometers away from the district headquarters, with an altitude of 2,300 meters above sea level, also lacking the motorable road facility, has so far struggled to catch the tourists on a large scale due to inadequate infrastructure.

This marvelous occasion was graced by Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, Harvinder Singh, Deputy Commissioner Doda, and other officials. Div Com inaugurated the festival by planting a sapling, which symbolizes the commitment to environmental conservation. DDC Chairman Dhanantar Singh, Vice Chairman Sangeeta Bhagat, and DIG Doda-Ramban-Kishtwar Range.

Cultural Importance of the Festival

This festival also saw the cultural performance, blending, adventure sports, and trekking. More than 2,000 visitors visited the spot. This festival is being seen as the hope of reviving tourism potential in the district. On the day, food stalls, installed to showcase the local products, garnered its importance. The conduct flag rally, casting the message of unity.

Divisional Commissioner Jammu Mediatalk

Divisional Commissioner Jammu addressed a media talk and hailed the move of streamlining the tourism potential in the district. He stated that Winter Festival at Lal Draman is key for unlocking the tourism potential in the region.

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As this destination lacks a motorable road, proper camping facilities, hotels, huts, and toilets, which is creating a hurdle for the growth of the spot, it needs immediate attention. On this, Deputy Commissioner Doda, who is being hailed as the best officer in the district, acknowledged the shortcomings and stated that the government is trying to make efforts to raise the tourism potential. Through these festivals, importance would surely be overcome.

Once a tourist destination discussed in textbooks, it now seems to be craving to receive the tourism potential. This destination was once discussed with major sports like Pehalgam, Gulmarg, etc., but the outbreak of militancy in the region was the big hurdle in tourism development, due to which it was sidelined. But time will tell whether, in the nearby future, this tourist destination develops into a major tourism hub or remains as an unattended destination.

Dil Bar Irshad

Dil Bar Irshad is a seasoned journalist, hails from Jammu Kashmir's Doda, covers political, social, business stories, index stories.