<span style="color: #222222;">Giving a big relief to the houseboat owners and Shikarawalas of Jammu and Kashmir, the Administrative Council (AC), which met in Srinagar today under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of the Tourism Department to provide subsidized timber for repairs and maintenance of houseboats and taxi shikaras.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Giving a big relief to the houseboat owners and Shikarawalas of Jammu and Kashmir, the Administrative Council (AC), which met in Srinagar today under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of Tourism Department to provide subsidized timber for repairs and maintenance of houseboats and taxi shikaras.<br />'' <br />''Under this initiative, the eligible houseboat owners and Shikarawalas will be identified by the Director Tourism, Kashmir and will be provided subsidized timber through e-auction from the J&K Forest Development Corporation Limited.</span><br />