TDCP Opens Fort Munro Resort.

Dera Ghazi KHAN -- The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) has formally opened newly constructed TDCP Resort Fort Munro, completed at a cost of about Rs70 million.

Talking to media, TDCP Deputy Manager Dera Ghazi Khan Sheikh Ijaz said that the resort had been opened for the people on the directions of TDCP Managing Director Asadullah Faiz Khan. He further said that the tourists would enjoy their time at the resort. The resort was constructed on 16 kanal land and it was completed in two years, he said. Ijaz said that there were in total ten bed rooms, including six double bedrooms in old block and three huts, adding that at least 25 people could stay in the hotel at a time.

Separate huts had been built for families in new block of the resort. Likewise, an amphitheatre, three gazebos, bonfire and walking track had also been built there for the tourists. The walking track is led to Demis Lake, he added. He said that the TDCP was making efforts to provide maximum facilities with neat and clean environment to the tourists. The TDCP has deputed Malik Khalid Abbas as manager South, and deputy manager Sheikh Ijaz and Zakir Hussain in the resort. The TDCP would run the resort on self operation basis without any contractor to ensure better accommodation facilities and booking, he added.

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