President Murmu in Himachal Pradesh, bats for promoting eco-tourism

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday asked people to cooperate in preserving the beauty of countless attractive and wonderful tourist destinations in Himachal Pradesh and promote eco-tourism.

Murmu is on a four-day visit to the hill state.

From snow-clad mountains, circular valleys, gardens with blossoming flowers to forests with abundant flora and religious places, Himachal is bestowed with numerous places which attract tourists, the President said while speaking at the civic reception hosted in her honour at the Raj Bhavan here.

Paying tributes to soldiers and freedom fighters from Himachal Pradesh, Murmu said the state is known as Vir Bhumi as the youth from almost every village have been rendering services in the armed forces.

The contribution of Himachal Pradesh in the freedom movement has been scripted in golden words, she added.

As the presidential candidate, I had come to Baddi, and earlier also I had visited the state and still remember the pleasure of simple and affection