{"id":797,"date":"2007-10-15T11:13:38","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T15:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/?p=797"},"modified":"2007-10-17T11:55:26","modified_gmt":"2007-10-17T15:55:26","slug":"ministry-of-tourism-snaction-some-projects-possibly-in-orissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/797","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of tourism sanctions some projects in Orissa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following are excerpts from the PIB http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/release\/release.asp?relid=31918<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the current financial year the Ministry has sanctioned so far Rs.323.00 crore for various projects throughout the country. <\/span>This is an all time record and will facilitate timely execution of projects during the working season.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the important infrastructure projects which have been <\/span>sanctioned in the current financial year are:<\/o:p><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

A. <\/span><\/span>Heritage Destinations\/Circuits<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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III. <\/span><\/span>The project of Development of Mahanadi Central Heritage (Rs.3.94 crore) has been sanctioned. In this project Jetties, River Bank, Nature Trail, picnic area, etc. will be developed at various places along the river to enhance the experience of visitors to these destinations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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C. <\/span>Rural Tourism<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[Note: Its not clear if the “Mahanadi Central Heritage” project covers parts of Orissa or not.]<\/p>\n

<\/span>The Ministry has launched the redesigned website www.exploreruralindia.org<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>which is very visitor friendly. 36 sites are being developed in collaboration with UNDP for Rural Tourism in various States. 15 sites have been completed and these places are ready for marketing from 31st<\/sup> October, 2007. These projects will facilitate revival of art & craft, encouragement to local skills and pride in diversity.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The list of 36 is given at http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/archieve\/others\/2006\/aug06\/r2006082235.pdf<\/a>. It has two locations from Orissa: Pipli and Raghurapur. The above document also has a larger list of 77 locations which has 6 locations from Orissa. Those six are: Raghurajpur, Pipli, Khiching, Barpali, Hirapur and Padmanavpur.<\/p>\n

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E. <\/span><\/span> <\/span>Eco tourism<\/span> <\/o:p><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>II. <\/span> The project of development of Satkosia in Orissa (Rs. 4.25 crore) <\/span>has been sanctioned in which Interpretation Centre, Landscaping, Elephant camps, Trekking park, Watch Towers and parking facilities, etc. are proposed to be developed.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following are excerpts from the PIB http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/release\/release.asp?relid=31918. During the current financial year the Ministry has sanctioned so far Rs.323.00 crore for various projects throughout the country. This is an all time record and will facilitate timely execution of projects during the working season. Some of the important infrastructure projects which have been sanctioned in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[390,139,453,442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecotourism","category-nature-spots","category-satkosia","category-village-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}