Srinagar March 7 (KNS): Chairman & MD Ashimi Group of companies Pyare Zia Khan who was on a three day visit to Kashmir concluded his visit on Tuesday. While speaking to media persons in Srinagar and Budgam he gave assurance to invest in various sectors especially in tourism trade , waste management , infrastructure and energy. While interacting with entrepreneurs from Kashmir valley at Entrepreneurs Development Institute (EDI) Srinagar during startup leadership conclave on Monday, Pyare Khan appealed to the businessmen and businesswomen to think big and keep trying hard. Mr Khan told his own life story to the participants and said that he began his career as an orange seller near Nagpur Railway station and then purchased an autorickshaw and finally became owner of 500 trucks within a 15 years period. The conclave was addressed by Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce Prashat Goyal, Director EDI Ajaz Ahmmad Bhat and several business leaders of Kashmir.
“ There is a huge potential to invest in tourism , waste management and energy sector in Kashmir and the positive thing about Kashmir is that both boys and girls are highly educated here and this is not the case with muslims living in UP , Maharashtra , Bihar or West Bengal. He said that during the last 35 years there has been no investments in Kashmir and this was the time when other cities and states in India got a huge push with massive investments from MNCs. Kashmiris suffered a lot due to violence and now it was the time to work for development and I am ready to act as a bridge between Kashmir and other reputed companies who want to invest in various sectors. I am thinking of investing in around 200 luxury cabs that would be made available for tourists. I would love to treat the waste that is taken out of Dal Lake , Fruit Mandis and Wullar lake and make useful things out of it . I am thinking of producing organic compost , compressed biogas (CBG) and CNG from the biodegradable waste in Kashmir. There is good potential to set up small hydropower projects or solar plants and we can explore that as well” said Pyare Khan
Pyare Khan had a detailed meeting with members of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, teachers and management of Birla Open Minds School Pampore, Members of Land Owners Welfare Committee Srinagar Ring Road , students of Govt Degree College Beerwah. At Beerwah he assured to give placements to the fresh graduates of the college in Mumbai where Ashimi Group is managemening toll posts of NHAI. Chairman DDC Budgam Nazir Ahmad Khan , Social activist Dr Raja Muzaffar and Principal Degree College Beerwah Dr Syed Iffat also spoke during the interactive session held at GDC Beerwah(KNS)