In a bid to boost the declining tourism of the state, Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) is planning to make murals at several places in the state capital. Official of the MDDA believes it to be a better medium to allure tourists here in the town.
Secretary of MDDA, Bansidhar Tiwari stressed that the MDDA official wants to leave no stone unturned to bring the affected tourism of the state on track. In a bid to improve it officials have recently planned to make mural paintings at around 7-8 major places of the state capital. Initially, the project would be started near CPWD area and later it would be continued at several other areas of the town including Raipur at Vidhan Sabha wall, DRDO wall, near Rana Pratap Sports College, Ajabpur, Aaragarh, near Survey Chowk wall and near Darshan lal Chowk. However, according to the officials the budget for the work is yet not finalized.
Horticulture Superintendent of Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) AR Joshi, informed that a Noida based company is hired to designed the project. The project is scheduled to be completed in coming 4-5 months. However, the muarl painting work is yet to be started. Significantly, these mural paintings would be made with a centralized theme of state. Officials said that they would try to showcase the unique culture and traditions of Uttarakhand through these mural paintings.
Joshi said that still the homework is in progress regarding the selection of the particular theme for the murals. Officials are trying to select the best theme from the list of the proposals came for it. The basic objective behind this mural painting is to attract more and more tourists in the state. Joshi said that the culture of the state depicts various specific features which would be drawn on walls. Tourists would get a basic idea of the culture of the state through these mural paintings, he said.