Govt Sanctions Rs 53 Crore Tourism Plan For Patiala

The Punjab administration has decided to spend around Rs. 53 crore for the growth of tourism in the city of Patiala by the coming five years.

Deputy commissioner GK Singh made his declaration in a conference with district functionaries to assess the execution of the tourism programme.

Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal is reported to have sanctioned the expenses. The Punjab heritage and tourism promotion board and the Infrastructure Development Investment for Tourism and Promotion will execute the scheme jointly.

Additional DC (development) is nodal representative for the execution of the scheme, which is intended also at amending the state of gardens in the district, particularly the well-known Baradari. For offering tourists with enhanced stay, the tourism board proposes to open web booking of rooms at Circuit House. In the month of September, a heritage walk is projected.

The programme comprises springing up Rajindra Lake as tourism spot by expending Rs. 5 crore to construct an environment park and new walking region around it.

“Money is available with the state government and we’ll submit all plans by April 23,” said the DC.

The project consists of the building of a foot bridge from Thapar University to Environment Park and the defense of the forest outside Patiala.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund the project, which will be executed under the observation of the union administration. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has issued money to build up similar infrastructure in the city of Amritsar.

The Punjab administration has decided to spend around Rs. 53 crore for the growth of tourism in the city of Patiala by the coming five years.

Deputy commissioner GK Singh made his declaration in a conference with district functionaries to assess the execution of the tourism programme.

Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal is reported to have sanctioned the expenses. The Punjab heritage and tourism promotion board and the Infrastructure Development Investment for Tourism and Promotion will execute the scheme jointly.

Additional DC (development) is nodal representative for the execution of the scheme, which is intended also at amending the state of gardens in the district, particularly the well-known Baradari. For offering tourists with enhanced stay, the tourism board proposes to open web booking of rooms at Circuit House. In the month of September, a heritage walk is projected.

The programme comprises springing up Rajindra Lake as tourism spot by expending Rs. 5 crore to construct an environment park and new walking region around it.

“Money is available with the state government and we’ll submit all plans by April 23,” said the DC.

The project consists of the building of a foot bridge from Thapar University to Environment Park and the defense of the forest outside Patiala.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund the project, which will be executed under the observation of the union administration. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has issued money to build up similar infrastructure in the city of Amritsar.