Reiterating the Punjab Government’s commitment to conserve State’s rich heritage, the State Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Sohan Singh Thandal on Monday said Rs 300 crore are being spent on conserving the heritage buildings of religious and historical importance in the State.
Besides, thousands of crores of rupees have been spent to build world-class historical monuments, he said while interacting with the media on the occasion of World Heritage Day.
Thandal said that the nations which do not the conserve their heritage deprive their young generation of an opportunity to be familiar with the glorious history of the State.
He said that it was the paramount duty of the Government to preserve the State’s heritage to keep our youngsters abreast with our glorious past.
On the occasion, Tourism Department also launched ‘Punjab Tourism’ mobile app — an Android-based application which will be available in Google Play Store.
Giving details, Thandal said that this unique app will prove very useful to the tourists as it contains information about tourist places in all the districts of the State.
“Prior to commencing the journey, a tourist can get in-depth knowledge about tourist places and plan the visit. Moreover, when travelling to Punjab, he can get information about any tourist spot within 500 kms of radius from any spot in the State. This application has been integrated with Google Maps,” he said.