'Tughlaqabad houses safe'
National vice-president of Lok Janshakti Party Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said on Wednesday Minister for Tourism Jagmohan had assured that all houses at Tughlaqabad village built till 1993 would not be
National vice-president of Lok Janshakti Party Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said on Wednesday Minister for Tourism Jagmohan had assured that all houses at Tughlaqabad village built till 1993 would not be
Residents of Tughlaqabad village, who are facing the threat of eviction, are gearing up for a meeting with Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Jagmohan tomorrow. Delhi BJP president Madan Lal
A mega bio-diversity project is being built in the Aravallis to preserve the natural fauna and flora of the region for research purposes and also to encourage eco-tourism in Delhi. DDA is starting a
A mountaineering expedition into the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve revives the debate on ecotourism and people s rights over forests.
The only relocation on the anvil is for 320 tribal families in the core area. These families want relocation and have even petitioned the Madras High Court. The only tribals who will continue to live in the core are those employed by the forest department as anti-poaching watchers and mahouts. The captive elephants once used for timber extraction are now used for eco tourism, patrolling for anti
Karnataka forest department critiques model to save lakes the Karnataka forest department has recently come out with its assessment of the impact of leasing lakes to private players in Bangalore. Saying that the lakes were being destroyed, the department has come down heavily on the activities of private players. The assessment comes after the High Court of Karnataka directed the department
CHENNAI: Visitors to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, can now enjoy travelling in a battery-operated electric vehicle. The zoo authorities have purchased five such new vehicles from a private company. Each vehicle costs about Rs 5.5 lakh and can accommodate nearly 12 persons including the driver, said the zoo authorities. At present the zoo has about four road rails and four battery-operated vans. While the road rails were used for going around the zoo, the vans were used mainly for lion safari visits.
A Rs 50-lakh project for a new drainage system from Karakkamuri, Kerala, to the lake on an experimental basis has been prepared and the work will start soon, Tourism Minister K V Thomas
The Haryana Government has directed the Haryana Urban Development Authority(HUDA) to study the feasibility of setting up a "tourism zone" around Delhi.This was announced during a review meeting of
The neo-liberal transformation of global economy has brought in a new trade regime replacing GATT 1947 with incorporation of services and intellectual property in the products to be exchanged and WTO as
Kerala travel and tourist demand is expected to grow at a rate of 11.6 per cent per annum over the coming decade registering the highest recorded growth rate in the world tourism sector.The State is
Since the opening of Changthang - an ecologically important region full of wetlands in the south-eastern part of Ladakh - to outside visitors in 1994, adverse impacts of tourism and developmental
JAIPUR: The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has launched work on the second theme park of the Pink City at the Collectorate Circle here. The park will have a fountain of the shape of candle that will give an impression of lighting. A peacock garden was developed earlier as the first theme park of the city under the railway overbridge in Malviya Nagar here. The JDA will spend Rs.2.34 crore on constructing the new park, the foundation stone for which was laid on Saturday. New lighting system
The past two months have shown how an economy can sink without a slowdown or a 9/11. For Bangalore, a politicised river was all it took. Thanks to the Cauvery crisis, the tourism and hospitality
Hindupur, July 7: The minister for tourism and major industries, Ms J. Geeta Reddy, claimed that the state is progressing on industrial front in a never before manner under the leadership of the Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. "I can declare that it was a golden time for the industries in the Congress regime. Already the state stood in the second place in the entire country in industrial development and in no time it would reach the top slot." The minister conducted a review meeting on the situation of industries at Toomukunta industrial estate near Hindupur of Anantapur district.
The state government headed by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has decided to introduce a short term package for promoting tourism, development of sewerage, power generation and drinking water supply channels.
London: The London Eye gives you a bird's eye-view of the city at 440 feet. How would you like to go higher, say, 440,000 feet? A prototype of the craft you would ride for such a space venture was unveiled in Salford on Tuesday. Rocket maker, Steve Bennett, says it is possible in the very near future for tourists to take a ride in outer space.
To enable half yearly performance review of the programmes of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, the Planning Commission, Government of India, on 13th June 2008 constituted an Expert Team to visit three wetlands viz.
P. Oppili The scheme on trial basis was launched at the zoo recently GET SET, CYCLE: Children using the new bicycles at the Vandalur zoo premises on Thursday. CHENNAI: A scheme under which bicycles are available on hire for visitors, including some for children, has been launched on a trial basis at the Vandalur Zoo. It was launched recently, Zoo Director P. L. Ananthasamy said. 20 vehicles introduced A total of 20 bicycles, including five for children, have been introduced at the zoo by a private bicycle manufacturer. Rs.20 an hour
A major scheme estimated at a cost of Rs 1.74 crores to clean the Ooty lake was inaugurated by the Tourism Minister, A. Miller. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Miller hoped that the "revival and