<span style="color: #222222;">Jammu and Kashmir Rural Development Department in south Kashmir's Shopian district is working not only to ease the lives of rural people by way of constructing roads, water preservation units, lanes, and drains, but also instrumental in promoting tourism in the picturesque district. Under its flagship MGNERGA programme, the Department has developed famed tourist destination Lahantora Mountain.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that the awe-inspiring mountain, located in the vicinity of Shopian town, has a great potential to become a tourist hotspot. The Department has constructed a flight of stairs of about 1000 steps leading to the peak, and also renovated the cave at a cost of Rs 30 lakh.<br />'' <br />''The Department has also developed Shah Payeen Park along historic Mughal Road under the same programme. BDO, Shopian, Jahid Azaad, while talking to AIR News said:  <br />''                           <br />''Efforts are also being made to develop other little-known places of historical and cultural significance to promote tourism in the district.</span><br />