The Central Government has sanctioned a financial assistance of Rs 97.35 crore to Haryana Government for implementation of the ambitious project of ‘Development of Tourism Infrastructure at places related to Mahabharata in Kurukshetra’ under the Krishna Circuit Swadesh Darshan scheme.

The first instalment of about Rs 19.47 crore has also been released by the Centre to the State Government, said Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Thursday.

He said that the State Government has decided to constitute a state level project monitoring committee and a district level implementation committee to ensure

timely completion of the project.

The state level project monitoring committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Managing Director Tourism and has seven other members including a nominee of Finance Department, director general, Urban local Bodies,

chief engineer, Haryana

Tourism Corporation (HTC), general manager, HTC, chief accounts officer, HTC, representative of Ministry of Tourism not below the rank of director and joint director, Tourism Department as member secretary.

The Committee will monitor the physical and financial progress of the project and submit the progress report to the Union Ministry of Tourism on quarterly basis. The Managing Director, Tourism will maintain regular contact with

Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra, said the Chief Minister.

The deputy commissioner, Kurukshetra will be the controlling officer for the project in the district for the physical and financial monitoring as well as implementation, he said.

The project would be completed and commissioned within 24 months. Strict control over quality of construction at each stage of work will be ensured by the executing agency, he said.

Sharma said that the components of the project included development of Braham Sarovar, Jyotisar, Narkatari, Sanhit Sarovar and city infrastructure.

He said that while developing the city infrastructure, CCTV cameras, Wi-fi and security system would be added.