The Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that the State Government is working towards making the State a tourism hub.
He was addressing the valedictory programme of the National Kayaking and Conoeing competition at Gularbhoj in Udham Singh Nagar on Saturday. The three day event was part of the ongoing ‘US Nagar Cariniwal- 2020’ and was organised at Haripur Borr reservoir.
The CM said that a special team has been constituted which is earmarking places in the State that can be developed into a tourist destination. He said that the Borr reservoir would be developed and apart from attracting tourists it would help in employment generation.
He said that adventure tourism would also get a boost in the State.
The sports and education minister, Arvind Pandey said that the CM has selected Borr reservoir under the ambitious 13 district 13 destinations project. He said that the project would help tourism and the locals.
The Mayor of Rudrapur Rampal Singh, MLA Rajkumar Thukral, Balraj Pasi and others were present on the occasion.