Som was
posted as a Deputy Commissioner District Nainital of Uttaranchal. Som possessed
designing . His aim was to create attractive tourist places in Nainital to give
attraction to domestics as well as foreign tourists. He knew that Nainital was
already a tourists place. He wanted to increase tourists and the source of
income for newly formed State. During his inspection of various places of Nainital , he observed a steep rock with good surroundings. He made up his mind
to construct a beautiful sung retreat over the rock and beautify the base. He
submitted his plan to State Government justifying the necessity, along with
design of sung retreat , rods , necessity, along with design of sung retreat ,
roads, details of stairs right from base up-to the top and requirement to
develop the surrounding area. his proposal was accepted by State Government and
work sanctioned. Som got the work done on priority .The building facilities
over there and the beauty of the surroundings boosted the importance of this
familiar tourist place. The sung retreat , so built up came up as a monumental
attraction for the tourists. It contained luxurious facilities to the tourists.
It contained luxurious facilities to stay over there. that place became one of
the famous tourist places of Uttaranchal. The popularity of that area gave
satisfaction to Som as an outcome of his foresight and the planned efforts.
That also inspired the state government to buildup similar monuments in its
other district headquarters including Chandak and Pithorgarh, which boosted
tourist importance of newly formed Uttaranchal State.