India: Mustard fields become new tourist attraction in Kashmir Valley
Mustard Fields become a new tourist attraction in the Kashmir Valley
It's Springtime and also the season when the whole Kashmir Valley turns into a floral wonderland. While thousands of tourists are visiting Kashmir's famous gardens, it's the mustard fields that have become a new attraction for tourists this year. Hundreds of tourists are visiting various mustard fields in the Kashmir region.
The golden mustard fields in South Kashmir's Pampore area with snow-covered Zabarwan mountains in the backdrop have become a huge attraction for the tourists visiting the Kashmir Valley. Hundreds of tourists are stopping on the national highway to visit these fields. Most of these tourists are trying to recreate the scenes from the Bollywood blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.
''It's so beautiful here.I have seen the mustard fields in the Bollywood movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and wanted to recreate the scene. It's very beautiful, we will go to Tulip Garden also but this is a natural beauty and everyone should explore it. I did not expect this. While we were on our way to Pahalgam, we saw the fields I asked my driver to stop so that I could take pictures. Kashmiris are the politest and kind people in the whole country,"said Isha, a tourist from Delhi.
Tourists mostly visiting resorts inPahalgam and Gulmarg take a stop at these mustard fields.
''It has its own charm; mustard fields are always amazing and give a village feel. We were trying to recreate the DDLJ scene. We went to Gulmarg and Pahalgam and today we are going to the gardens and also stopped here to enjoy the mustard fields. Once I go back, I will go with a message that everyone should come here for sure,'' said Manjit, a tourist.
The government's National Oilseeds Mission also plans to expand oilseed cultivation, particularly mustard in the Kashmir Valley. The National Oilseeds Mission aims to expand oilseed cultivation to 140,000 hectares by 2023-24, a remarkable 253.12% increase.
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''We used to have very little mustard farming, but in the last few years, we have been focussing on increasing the mustard farms. We have increased around 500 hectares of land this year for mustard cultivation, especially on this national highway used by tourists. We started agro-tourism here on the highway. These are the same fields as saffron, and a lot of tourists visit at that time and now due to the mustard more tourists are coming here during the spring as well. A lot of people are stopping here to take pictures and this farming also helps honeybees to increase the apiculture,'' said Ishtiaq Ahmad Bhat, Agriculture Officer.
The government of Jammu and Kashmir is working hard to add more and more tourist attractions for the visitors coming to the Kashmir Valley.
