The government will re-advertise five mega projects, including the setting up of a golf course and a health resort, for which bids have been already pending with the government. The aim is to get better response than earlier. With the government deciding to re-advertise these projects aimed at promoting private investment, there is likely to be further delay in the start of work on these projects. The bids that have been pending with the government for the past over one year include big names like the Taj group, Holiday Inn, Ambuja, Skill Infrastructure and the Chokhi Dhani group. The projects that will be re-advertised include a mini golf course in over 100 bighas at Baddi in Solan, a golf course in 250 bighas at Baragaon, near Manali, a health resort at Jhatingri in Mandi and another property at Shoja in Kullu district. The advertising of the fifth property of Craignanao had to be dropped after the Forest Department and the municipal corporation decided to retain it in their own hands. Besides inviting fresh bids for these projects, the government will also be inviting bids on starting work on five ropeways, for which surveys have already been completed. The work on only the jakhu aerial ropeway is under way so far. The proposed ropeways would be between Dharamkot-Triund in Dharamsala, Anandpur Sahib-Naina Devi in Bilaspur, Kullu-Bijli Mahadev and at Deotsidh. "We want to re-advertise these projects so that we get better response than we have received in the past,' said Ram Subhag Singh, commissioner, Tourism and Civil Aviation. He said the Tourism Department would try to advertise these properties by holding conclaves in Delhi and at other places. The department could also seek the help of event management companies to publicise the prime properties that the government was willing to offer to private companies. It was almost four years ago that these properties were offered by the Tourism Department by holding a conclave. About 115 private and government properties were put on offer for the private sector to either take up these projects exclusively or as joint ventures, either with the government or property owners. So far, there has been little headway and now with the entire process to be undertaken again, there is bound to be more delay. It remains to be seen as to how soon the work on aerial ropeways will start. These projects are expected to give a boost to tourism in a big way.