The tourist place Naldehra located near Shimla would soon come up as an international golfing destination with the Himachal Government undertaking an ambitious project for developing eco-tourism park and up-gradation of existing properties at this place.
After laying the foundation stone of Eco-Tourism Park at Naldehra on Tuesday to be completed at an outlay of Rs10.63 crore, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said.
This golf course would be one of its kinds in the entire north India and the facility of training for learning basics of golf would also be made available here for the visitors.
The project would be executed jointly by the State Tourism Department and Tourism Development Corporation under the financial assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The Chief Minister said the existing facilities would be refurnished as per the international standards which would go a long way in further boosting tourism activities in this area.
Virbhadra Singh said there would be separate paths for mules and pedestrians so that visitors could walk free and enjoy the natural splendor of Naldehra.
The effective steps would also be taken to check soil
erosion, protection of forest area besides renovating the existing club house, cottages and providing facilities of rain shelters, public toilets, restaurant etc.
The golf course at Naldehra was established in 1905 by the then Viceroy of India lord Curzon and since then it has turned out to be full-fledged golf destination and leisure destination which is visited by a large number of tourists round the year.
With the development of Eco-Tourism Park, up-gradation of existing properties and more public facilities, the influx of visitors is expected to go high.