Centre approves Rs 85.23 crore tourist circuit projects in Puducherry

PUDUCHERRY: Union Tourism Ministry has approved of allocation of Rs 85.23 crore tourist circuit projects in Puducherry under the " Swadesh Darshan" scheme of the Ministry.

Puducherry Welfare and Tourism Minister P Rajavelu said that the Tourism Ministry had in the first instance released twenty per cent (Rs 17.05 crores) of the approved outlay which was being used to develop integrated theme based tourism circuits in coastal villages in Puducherry and its outlying regions.

The Central allocation was in response to the details furnished by the Puducherry government for funds under the Swadesh Darshan scheme, he said in a release.

The government has also drawn up projects to establish light and sound facility in the government botanical garden in the heart of the town.