Wayanad: Congress general secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today emphasised the need for promoting the tourism potential of Wayanad.
She had a special praise for women working there, saying women do things in a better way with dedication, care and kindness.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was speaking here after laying foundation stones of various development projects at Thalappuzha, Mananthavady, Wayanad, Kerala.
The Wayanad MP said, she felt glad to learn that the foundation stones she laid for model ‘Anganwadi’, for ‘Take-a-Break centre’, which is a rest and recreation centre mainly for tourists, will be operated by the women associated with the ‘Kudumbashree’ programme, who will also run a cafetaria and park.
Identifying herself with the other women, Ms Vadra expressed confidence that the women will run it better. “I think, since women are going to be running it, I am sure it is going to be very good, because we are very good at running things and very often men underestimate what it takes even to run a family, to run a home”, she observed.
“We are very good at running things, because we run the home, we run the family and whatever work we do, wherever we go, whether we work in an office, whether we have our own businesses, whatever it is, we try our best to do it efficiently and with great commitment and dedication”, she said, adding, “most importantly, we do these things with kindness and care and that always goes a long way, no matter what profession it is, no matter what enterprise you are making or creating, it goes a long way in creating strong enterprise and a strong business”.
Praising the beauty of the area, Ms Vadra remarked, it has a lot of scope for tourism. “It is so beautiful, the natural beauty, you have a lot of assets in that way”. She said projects like these will help to attract more tourists and also to build a tourism industry here.
The Congress general secretary lauded special initiatives taken by the local panchayat for education. Referring to the interactive panels installed in all the lower primary and upper primary schools, she said, it was a very-very useful thing that they have done.
She also recalled that her brother Rahul Gandhi had provided an ambulance here for palliative care and the Panchayat itself had appointed two nurses as well.
Priyanka Gandhi praised the work being done for waste recycling. “Very often we forget and I have seen many places across India, where the tourism potential is very strong, beautiful, natural beauty and all, but, it is littered with garbage and waste and so we always forget that keeping these places clean, preserving them, keeping them natural in their natural beauty is very-very important, so for that, waste recycling is very-very important and I am glad that you are doing work regarding that subject as well”.
Apart from laying the foundation stones for various projects, the Wayanad MP inaugurated a tourism convention and a cultural centre in Sulthan Bathery. She also inaugurated the Veer Javan Thalachira Janeesh Smriti Mandapam in Mananthavady. She thanked the Kunjiraman Nair Foundation Charitable Trust for donating land for memorial for the martyr, who had made the ultimate sacrifice in 2003 during an anti-terror operation in Rajouri district, Kashmir. His bravery and sacrifice will never be forgotten, she said.
