Chief Secretary, Alok Ranjan has directed for regular monitoring and completion of Rs 167.92 crore Tajganj project by March 2016 with specified quality and standards. Briefing officers here on Saturday afternoon, Ranjan said that the project should be regularly monitored according to the time schedule to ensure its timely completion.
He said that a high-level, 11-member committee should be constituted under Principal Secretary, Housing for implementation of long-term projects for tourism promotion and branding of lucknow. Principal Secretaries of Tourism, Urban Development, Transport, Irrigation, Civil Aviation along with Municipal Commissioner of lucknow, Vice-Chairman of lucknow Development Authority, DRM – Railway, District Magistrate,lucknow and Executive Archeologist of ASI will be nominated as members of the Committee.
Chief Secretary said, “For extensive branding at national and international level, the committee should prepare long term plan within 2 weeks including new projects and roads in lucknow district”. The plan should comprise of projects for promotion, renovation and beautification of lucknow. He asked to organize a tourism meet for promoting tourism in the State. The implementation of tourism projects will be reviewed regularly every month to ensure the completion within specified time period.
The chief secretary was reviewing the important tourism projects here on Saturday. He said that under Mathura Mega Destination project, construction and renovation of ghats should be undertaken on priority, including ghats of Gokul, Davanul ghat, renovation of Vrindavan, village Phalen, Kosi Chhata, Prahlad Kund in Vrindavan, Radharani sarovar, Chintaharan Mahadev- Mahavan, Kanstila and Hansiyarani ghat, construction, improvement and beautification of Yamuna banks, Chhatari in Mathura, Govardhan.
Development of eco-tourism in Govardhan Parikrama and construction of public toilets in all tourist destination of the area should be taken up. He said that international tourist arcade should be built in Agra with multi-cuisine restaurants and all civic facilities, tourist information centre, interpretation visitor centre, high-end toilet facilities, parking and internal signage along with landscaping.
These international level facilities will provide tourists with places to enjoy their visit. Ranjan said that to develop capital city lucknow as a tourist destination, ancient historical monuments should be beautified along with proper lighting.
He said that lucknow Darshan package should be prepared for facilitating tourists’ visit to tourist places and ancient historical monuments in lucknow city, which should include tourist buses of transport department or private conveyance, boating and reserve taxi facilities should be available to tourists. The meeting was also attended by Secretary, Tourism, Amrit Abhijat, along with other senior officers.