Plan for new drainage
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
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Haryana for tourism zone near Delhi
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
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Kerala tourism to set record growth rate
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
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Pure water at discount rate
Nellore, Oct. 31: The minister for information and public relations and tourism, Mr Anam Ramnarayana Reddy, indicated to plans to set up mineral water plants in different parts of Nellore town for supply of purified drinking water to citizens at a subsidised cost of 10 paise per litre. He said that an NGO, the Byrraju Foundation had come forward to set up the units, following his initiative.
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Raping the wetlands
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
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Highlands and drylands: mountains, a source of resilience in arid regions
A joint FAO/CDE publication examines one of the least-known environments in the world. Dryland mountains are of great strategic value to regional and global development – they provide 90% of the freshwater
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Karnataka sinks in Cauvery fight
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
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Promotional packages by J&K Government soon
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.
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Scheme to clean up Ooty lake launched
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
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Council reviews course of inland water tourism
Riverine states want to promote tourism on inland waterways; the Centre too, wants to encourage private participation in this sector, but the fish just aren't biting. At the second meeting of the
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Bio-diversity park in Wazirabad soon
The city is all set to give competition to HongKong or England in the field of eco-tourism. A bio-diveristy park being developed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in Wazirabad is likely to
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Relocation
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
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Lease and lose
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
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Battery-operated vehicles take you around Vandalur Zoo
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.
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Charm erupts
Draws tourists to Andaman
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Work on Pink city's second theme park on
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
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Golden age for industries
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.
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Prototype of tourist spaceship unveiled in UK
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.
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Report on visit to Vembanad Kol, Kerala, a wetland included under the National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme
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.
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Battery-run buses to ferry tourists to Ajanta
Tourists visiting Aurangabad will be ferried to the exotic Ajanta caves in battery-run buses to provide a pollution-free ambience there, Union minister of tourism and culture Jagmohan said on