Rs. 1542-Cr Plan Outlay for Puri.

The District Plan Monitoring Committee recently passed a comprehensive district plan outlay of Rs. 1542 crore for the financial year of 2014-15.

In wake of the ensuing Nabakalebara Festival of the Trinity, a special allocation of Rs. 3.66 crore has been made under tourism head for widening and development of NH-203A from Puri to Alarnath temple under Brahmagiri block. This apart, around Rs. 1.5 crore has been earmarked for development of Deuli Mutt and Mangala temple at Kakatpur and Rs. 3.5 crore for creating temporary pilgrim shelters for one lakh devotees in Puri.

Earlier, the Government has decided to develop temporary shelters in Puri to provide accommodation to tourists thronging the town during Nabakalebara. These shelters will be designed on the lines of those provided during the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, Haridwar, Nasik and Ujjain.


THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS