Commerce and Industries Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya inaugurated a Tourist Information Centre established by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC) near the main gate of well known Mahakal temple in Ujjain on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, Vijayvargiya said that the Government is trying to develop the temple in line of Tirupati Balaji Temple, the famous temple located at Tirupati town in Andhra Pradesh. The number of devotees visiting the temple is increasing at a rapid pace which requires development work here, he said. He also did karsewa at the ongoing Nandigrih extension work at the temple.
“The name of Ujjain is historically established in the field of astronomy. To give a new lease of life to its name in the field, a planetarium and observatory have been established in Ujjain.
This is first planetarium in the country that is based on latest technology. Only three other such planetariums are currently in the world,” he said.
Vijayvargiya also announced that the work of Narmada-Kshipra River linking project will be completed soon to maintain the flow of Kshipra River. Speaking on the occasion, MPTDC Chairman Mohan Yadav said that the Tourism Information Centre had been established within 12 hours after the proposal was finalized.
“All the states will be linked to the information centre so that tourists coming from any part of the country or even from abroad have complete information about any tourist spot in the country,” he said.
legislator Shivnarayan Jagirdar congratulated the MPTDC for its work and said that the new Tourist Information Centre would prove to be of immense use for tourists visiting the area.