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Tourism ministry to fund Uttrakhand rebuilding

India Blooms News Service 14 Aug 2013, 06:28 pm

Tourism ministry to fund Uttrakhand rebuilding

Sujoy Dhar

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS): Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi on Thursday declared that the Ministry of Tourism has announced a special financial package of Rs.100 crore for rebuilding/building destroyed/damaged government tourism assets in Uttrakhand.

 Chiranjeevi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha Thursday said, "In addition, the Ministry has already sanctioned Central Financial Assistance of about Rs.95 crore for various tourism infrastructure projects in Uttrakhand in the current financial year." 

 
"Besides this, the state government has also prioritized projects for an approximate amount of Rs.58 crore for development of tourism infrastructure in the state during the current financial year, " he added.
 
The Minister noted that according to the study undertaken by the PHD Chamber of Commerce of India (PHDCCI), the recent catastrophe in Uttrakhand is estimated to have resulted in a loss of around Rs. 12,000 crores to the state economy.
 
"Loss of Government tourism properties has been assessed to be approximately Rs.102 crore. Due to lack of access to the affected areas, the loss of private tourism assets has not been assessed so far," he said.
 
According to the state government, a rehabilitation and revival of tourism package is being prepared by the state, the Minister noted.
 
"The Package will include tax exemptions, livelihood support, media campaign and development of new destinations, medium and long term reconstruction and new construction of tourism infrastructure with features of disaster preparedness, mitigation, relief and rescue."
 
He asserted, "These measures will be based on studies about the carrying capacity of the state."

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