A proposal pending for formation of a tourist circuit taking Talseri and Chandaneswar into account would be approved. This was informed by Minister of Tourism and Culture Ashok Panda at Bhograi in Baleswar district.
Panda said the beach at Talseri would be made more attractive than the beach close to it, the Digha beach. Minister was one of the guests at the Talseri beach festival that kicked off following inauguration by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Patnaik said the State Government has prepared a master plan to improve the infrastructure at tourist places along the 480-km-long coastline. Around Rs 2,000 crore would be spent for strengthening the infrastructure, mainly at the beaches, he said. Stating that the Dagara beach is very beautiful, the Chief Minister said money would be pumped in to make it as one of the best beaches of the State.
While a total of Rs 8 crore would be spent for the tourist circuit comprising Chandipur, Dagara, Talseri and Nilgiri, of this Rs2.5 crore would be utilised for the Talseri beach only.
Among others, Baleswar MP RK Jena, Government Chief Whip in the State Assembly Anant Das and ruling party MlAs like Aswani Patra, Nityananda Sahu, Sukant Nayak, Ganeswar Patra and Parsuram Dhada were present.