As part of its measures for encouraging adventure tourism in Uttarakhand, the State Government plans to hold Tehri adventure tourism festival on October 15 and 16 on the Tehri dam reservoir. The State tourism minister said this while addressing a Press conference in the national capital on Friday.
Addressing a Press conference at the Uttarakhand Sadan in the national capital, the state tourism minister spoke of the planned adventure tourism festival slated to be held on the Tehri reservoir later this year. He averred that the state government has developed infrastructural facilities at tourist spots to encourage private investment in tourism sector with the Tehri lake covering 40,000 acre area near the confluence of Bhagirathi and Bhilangna river being one such aspect.
The Tehri lake is being developed on the basis of a master plan into an international tourist destination with various components in it slated to be managed under the public private partnership mode by the state government. He further informed that the Tehri adventure tourism festival will include activities like kayaking, canoeing, jet-skiing, rafting and rowing competition in addition to air show, paragliding and cultural programmes.
The jet ski association of India will organise a jet-ski competition on the occasion with 12 leading jet-skiers slated to compete apart from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.
Apart from the adventure sport activities, an Arti will be held on the evening of October 15 and cultural performances by noted folk singer Narendra Singh Negi and other artistes will be held at Bauradi in Tehri on October 16, added Dhanai.