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Ministry of Tourism
16-March-2016 17:24 IST
Tourism Centres Under Swadesh Darshan and Prasad

 

13 thematic circuits and 13 pilgrimage sites/destinations each have been identified by Ministry of Tourism (MOT) under the new Plan Scheme Swadesh Darshan and National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) respectively. Details are as under:

 

Name of the Scheme

Name of the Circuits

Swadesh Darshan

North-East India Circuit, Buddhist Circuit, Himalayan Circuit, Coastal Circuit, Krishna Circuit, Desert Circuit, Tribal Circuit, Eco Circuit, Wildlife Circuit, Rural Circuit, Spiritual Circuit, Ramayana Circuit and Heritage Circuit.

PRASAD

Ajmer, Amritsar, Amaravati, Dwarka, Gaya, Kamakhya, Kanchipuram, Kedarnath, Mathura, Patna, Puri, Varanasi and Velankanni.

 

            Proposals have been received from State Governments/UT Administrations for grant of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for projects in Circuits/Destinations identified under these schemes.

 

            The MOT provides CFA to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations for various tourism projects subject to receipt of suitable DPRs, availability of funds, liquidation of pending utilization certificates against the funds released earlier and adherence to the relevant scheme guidelines.

 

            The details of number of projects and amount sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan and PRASAD Schemes during 2014-15 and 2015-16 (till date) is given below:-

 

The details of number of projects and amount sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan and PRASAD Schemes during 2014-15 and

2015-16 (till date)

 

Projects sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan.

(Rs. in Crore)

Sl. No.

Name of the Circuit

State

Name of Project

Amount Sanctioned

 

 

 

2014-15

 

1.

Coastal Circuit

Andhra Pradesh

Development of Kakinada Hope Island Konaseema as World class coastal & Eco Tourism Circuit in Andhra Pradesh

69.83

2.

North-East India Circuit

Arunachal Pradesh

Bhalukpong-Bomdila-Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh

50.00

3.

Buddhist Circuit

Bihar

Cultural Centre, Bodhgaya

33.17

 

Total

153.00

 

 (Rs. in Crore)


Sl. No.

Name of Theme

State

Name of Project

Amount Sanctioned

 

 

 

2015-16

 

1.

North-East India Circuit

Manipur

Development of Tourist Circuit in Manipur: Imphal-Moirang-Khongjom-Moreh

89.66

2.

North-East India Circuit

Sikkim

Development of Tourist  Circuit linking – Rangpo     (entry) – Rorathang -  Aritar -  Phadamchen – Nathang – Sherathang – Tsongmo – Gangtok – Phodong – Mangan – Lachung  - Yumthang – Lachen – Thangu -   Gurudongmer – Mangan – Gangtok – Tumin Lingee – Singtam (exit) in Sikkim

98.05

3.

Eco Circuit

Uttarakhand

Integrated Development of Eco-Tourism, Adventure Sports, Associated Tourism related Infrastructure for Development of Tehri Lake & Surroundings as New Destination-District Tehri, Uttarakhand.

80.37

4.

Coastal Circuit

Andhra Pradesh

Development of Coastal Tourism Circuit in Sri Potti Sriramalu Nellore in Andhra Pradesh

60.38

5.

North-East India Circuit

Arunachal Pradesh

Integrated Development of Adventure Tourism in Arunachal Pradesh

97.14

6.

Eco Tourism Circuit

Kerala

Gavi–Patha-Namthitta-Vagamon-Thekkady

99.22

7.

Desert Circuit

Rajasthan

Development of Sambhar Lake Town and Other Destinations under Desert Circuit in Swadesh Darshan Scheme

63.96

8.

Tribal Circuit

Nagaland

Development of Tribal Circuit Peren –Kohima-Wokha, Nagaland

97.36

9.

Eco Circuit

Telangana

Integrated Development of Eco Tourism Circuit in Mahaboobnagar district, Telangana.

91.62

10.

Wild Life Circuit

Madhya Pradesh

Development of Wildlife Circuit at Panna – Mukundpur-Sanjay-Dubri-Bandhavgarh-Kanha-Mukki-Pench in Madhya Pradesh

92.22

11.

Wildlife Circuit

Assam

Wildlife Circuit of Assam

95.67

12.

North-East India Circuit

Tripura

Development of North East Circuit : Agartala – Sipahijala – Melaghar – Udaipur – Amarpur – Tirthamukh – Mandirghat – Dumboor- NarikelKunja – Gandachara – Ambassa

99.59

13.

Eco Tourism Circuit

Mizoram

Integrated Development of New Eco-Tourism at Thenzawl, Reike & South Zote

94.91

14.

Coastal Circuit

West Bengal

Development of Beach Circuit – Udaipur – Digha – Shankarpur – Tajpur – Mandarmani – Fraserganj – Bakkhlai –Henry Island

85.39

15.

Coastal Circuit

Puducherry

Development of Union Territory of Puducherry as Tourist Circuit under “Swadesh Darshan” Scheme

85.28

16.

Tribal Circuit

Chhattisgarh

Development of Tribal Tourism Circuit Jashpur-Kunkuri-Mainpat-Ambikapur-Maheshpur-ratanpur-Kurdar-Sarodadadar-Gangrel-Kondagaon-Nathyanawagaon-Jagdalpur-Chitrakoot-Tirthgarh in Chattisgarh

99.94

17.

Coastal Circuit

Maharashtra

Sindhudurg Circuit

82.76

 

 

 

Total

1513.52

 

 

Projects sanctioned under PRASAD.

(Rs. in Crore)

Sl. No.

Name of the State &  project

Amount Sanctioned

 

2014-15

 

 

BIHAR

 

1.

Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple, Gaya, Bihar

4.29

 

UTTAR PRADESH

 

2.

Development of Mathura-Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)

14.93

3.

Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at Vrindavan, Distt. Mathura

9.36

 

ODISHA

 

4.

Infrastructure Development at Puri, Shree Jagannath Dham- Ramachandi-Prachi River front at Deuli under Mega Circuit

50.00

 

Total

78.58

 

2015-16

 

 

PUNJAB

 

1.

Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar

6.45

 

RAJASTHAN

 

2.

Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer

40.44

 

ANDHRA PRADESH

 

3.

Development of Amaravati Town, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh as Tourist Destination

28.36

 

ASSAM

 

4.

Development of Kamakhya Temple and Pilgrimage Destination in and around Guwahati.

33.98

 

BIHAR

 

5.

Development of Patna Sahib

41.54

 

Total

150.77

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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Sanjay Kumar/jk/Tourism/RS-3/16-03-2016