Major boost expected for tourism in Uttarakhand
\nB.D.Kasniyal<\/p>\n
Pithoragarh, Oct 14<\/p>\n
With an aim \u00a0to make India self- reliant \u00a0through the strategy of \u201cVocal for Local,\u201d espoused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, two districts of Uttarakhand namely Pithoragarh and Champawat have been selected with an approval of Rs 70 crore for each to develop tourist infrastructural facilities in both these districts, Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt \u00a0said<\/p>\n
“While basic infrastrutural facilities for tourists, will be developed at \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 region and Gunji village of Pithoragarh district, similar facilities\u00a0for tourists\u00a0will be developed in Purnagiri, \u00a0Mount Abbbot \u00a0and Mayawati Ashram\u00a0 to promote the concept of Heritage tourism in Champawat district.” said the Minister.<\/p>\n
The Minister said that under the same scheme, work of developing facilities for tourists at Katarmal, Jageshwar and Baijanath with a budget of Rs 76.32 crore has been completed and work of developing heritage circuit in and around Devidhura in Champawat is about to be completed. “Under this concept,,Eco- lodges,Huts, parking facilities at tourist spots, development of Ghats near rivers and meditation centers have been developed,” claimed the minister.\u00a0“This concept is result of the Prime Minister’s concept of self- reliant India through \u201cVocal for Local\u2019 approach,” said the Minister.<\/p>\n
The minister said that under \u2018Prashad Yojana\u2019 of Union Tourism ministry, works of developing facilities for pilgrims in Rudraprayaag district have been completed.\u00a0” These works of developing \u00a0washrooms, eco lodges, Signage\u2019s, parking and view points have been developed,” said the Minister.<\/p>\n
The union tourism minister said that the works of creating facilities for pilgrims in Badrinath and Gangotri, Yamunotri temple campuses are under progress with an amount of Rs 56.16 crore and Rs.54.36 crores respectively.”After the projects gets completed, the pilgrims and adventure tourists coming to Uttarakhand will have hassle free stay in these places,” claimed the minister.<\/p>\n
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Major boost expected for tourism in Uttarakhand B.D.Kasniyal Pithoragarh, Oct 14 With an aim \u00a0to make India self- reliant \u00a0through the strategy of \u201cVocal for Local,\u201d espoused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, two districts of Uttarakhand namely Pithoragarh and Champawat have been selected with an approval of Rs 70 crore for each to develop tourist …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,92,91,39,59],"tags":[1529,434,156,867,1528,160],"class_list":["post-3837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-featured","category-national","category-tourism","category-uttarakhand","tag-vocal-for-local","tag-adi-kailash","tag-champawat","tag-gunji-village","tag-minister-of-state-for-defence-and-tourism-ajay-bhatt","tag-pithoragarh"],"yoast_head":"\n