Union Minister of State for Shipping, Ports and Waterways, Shantanu Thakur on his two day tour to Pahalgam in Anantnag district on Thursday, visited the Sun Temple at Martand.<br />''<br />''The Union Minister was informed that sun temple is one of the oldest surviving sun temples in the world and much older than Konark and Modero sun temples. He passed directions to the district administration Anantnag to take necessary steps to bring the temple on the tourist map as the temple is an important archaeological monument and its tourist potential can boost the local economy of adjoining areas.<br />''<br />''Shantanu Thakur also laid foundation of a 500 LPM oxygen plant at NTPHC Achabal and was informed that the work on the plant will be completed within a period of two months. He was also apprised that 11 lakh vaccine doses were administered in the last 6 months in the district, with record 29000 vaccines doses administered in one day.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Interacting with health care workers, the shipping MoS congratulated the medical fraternity for their concerted efforts towards vaccination. He said it has been due to the hard work of doctors in the country that 1 billion vaccine doses have been administered in the country. He felicitated the Health Care workers for the excellent contribution. He also commended the district administration for ensuring vaccination in far flung areas with mountainous terrains and contribute in realizing the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</span><br />