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Mega Tourism Projects

The Ministry of Tourism (MOT), at present, has identified 53 Mega Destinations/Circuits for development in the country, including Maharashtra and Goa, in consultation with the concerned State Governments/Union Territories (UTs) on the basis of footfalls and their future tourism potential. Out of the 53 identified projects, 35 have already been sanctioned.

For each identified mega destination and circuit, the Ministry of Tourism contribution as central financial assistance is capped at Rs.25.00 crore and Rs.50.00 crore respectively under the scheme of “Product/Infrastructure Development for Destinations and Circuits”.

Implementation of the sanctioned Mega Destinations/Circuits is primarily the responsibility of the concerned State/UT. The list of Mega Destinations/Circuits identified/sanctioned is given below:-.
(Rs. in lakh)

Sl. No.	State/UTs	Name of the Mega Project/Circuits	Year of Sanction	Amt. Sanctioned
1.	Andhra Pradesh	Charminar area of Hyderabad - Destination	2007-08	994.75
2.		Tirupati Heritage Circuit	2008-09	4652.49
3.		Kadapa Heritage Tourist Circuit	2008-09	3692.89
4.		Development of Buddhavanam Project at Nagarjunasagar	2011-12	Identified
5.	Assam	National Park Mega Circuit covering Manas, Orang, Nameri, Kaziranga, Jorhat, Sibsagar & Majouli	2010-11	Identified.
6.	Bihar	Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Nalanda- Circuit	2006-07	1922.42
7.	Chhattisgarh	Jagdalpur-Tirathgarh-Chitrakoot-Barsur-Dantewada-Tirathgarh Circuit	2008-09	2347.39
8.	Delhi	Illumination of monuments- Circuit	2006-07	2375.09
9.		Development of Dilli Haat, Janakpuri.	2010-11	Identified
10.	Goa	Churches of Goa Circuit	2008-09	4309.91
11.	Gujarat	Dwarka-Nageshwar-Bet Dwarka Circuit	2008-09	798.90
12.		Shuklatirth-Kabirvad-Mangleshwar-Angareshwar Circuit	2011-12	4650.97
13.	Haryana	Panipat-Kurukshetra-Pinjore Circuit	Phase-I 2006-07 (S-1630.03) (R-1161.23) Phase-II 2008-09 (S-1545.22) (R-35.54)	3175.25
14.	Himachal Pradesh	Eco and Adventure Circuit (Kullu-Katrain-Manali)	2009-10	Identified.
15.	Haryana & Himachal Pradesh	Panchkula – Yamunanagar (Haryana) – Ponta Sahib	2010-11	3253.06
16.	Jammu & Kashmir	Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex, Jammu – Destination	2010-11	Identified.
17.		Naagar Nagar Circuit (Watlab via Hazratbal, Tulmullah, Mansbal and Wullar Lake), Srinagar	2011-12	3814.56
18.		Development of Leh as a Mega Tourist Destination-Setting up of Trans Himalayan Cultural Centre in Leh, J&K	2010-11	2242.95
19.	Jharkhand	Mega Destination at Deoghar	2011-12	2371.19
20.		Development of Ranchi Mega Circuit	2011-12	Identified
21.	Karnataka	Hampi Circuit	2008-09	3283.58
22.		Development of Tourism Infrastructure at the World Heritage Site Pattadakal and Badami/Aihole in (Bagalkot District)	2011-12	Identified
23.	Kerala	Muziris Heritage Circuit connecting historically and archaeologically important places of Kodungalloor	2010-11	4052.83
24.		Development of Backwater Circuit in Alappuzha in Kerala	2011-12	Identified
25.	Madhya Pradesh	Development of Chitrakoot as Mega Destination	2009-10	2401.98
26.		Jabalpur as Mega Circuit	2010-11	Identified
27.		Bundelkhand comprising of Tikamgarh, Damoh, Sagar, Chhatarpur and Panna as Mega Circuit	2011-2012	Identified
28.	Maharashtra	Vidarbha Heritage Circuit	2008-09	3738.19
29.		Aurangabad Destination	2008-09	Identified
30.		Mahaur- Nanded Vishnupuri- Back Water Kandhar Fort as Mega Circuit	2010-2011	4510.99
31.		Destination Development of Nashik(Gangapur Dam, Nashik City), Kalagram at Govardhan (Nashik City and Gondeshwar) as a Mega Project	2011-12	Identified
32.	Manipur	INA Memorial	2010-2011	1238.59
33.		Integrated Mega Circuit Project – Marging Polo Complex, Keina and Khongjom	2011-12	Identified
34.	Meghalaya	Umiam (Barapani) as Mega Destination	2011-2012	Identified
35.	Nagaland	Development of Mega Destination at Dimapur	2011-12	2370.45
36.	Odisha	Bhubaneshwar- Puri-Chilka- Circuit	2008-09	3022.80
37.	Puducherry	Development of Puducherry as a Mega Tourism Circuit	2010-11	4511.00
38.	Punjab	Amritsar Destination	2008-09	1585.53
39.	Rajasthan	Ajmer- Pushkar Destination	2008-09	1069.68
40.		Desert Circuit (Jodhpur- Bikaner-Jaisalmer)	2010-11	Identified.
41.	Sikkim	Gangtok- Destination	2008-09	2390.70
42.	Tamil-Nadu	Mahabalipuram- Destination	2002-03	1039.00
43.		Pilgrimage Heritage Circuit (Madurai-Rameshwaram-Kanyakumari)	2010-11	3647.95
44.		Thanjavur	2010-11	1475.00
45.	Tripura	Mega Lake Circuit Including Mata Bari	2010-11	Identified
46.	Uttarakhand	Haridwar-Rishikesh-Munikireti- Circuit	2008-09	4452.22
47.		Nirmal Gangotri	2011-12	5000.00
48.	Uttar Pradesh	Agra Circuit	Phase-I East Gate 2005-06 (S-848.49) (R-848.49) West Gate 2006-07 (S-933.40) (R- 933.40) Phase-II 2009-10 (S-1976.44) (R-988.22)	3758.33
49.		Varanasi-Sarnath-Ramnagar Circuit	Phase-I 2006-07 (S-786.00) (R- 628.80) Phase-II 2008-09 (S-1416.31) (R-708.16)	2202.31
50.		Development of Mathura-Vrindavan including renovation of Vishramghat (Mathura) as Mega Destination	2011-12	3178.66
51.	West Bengal	Ganga Heritage River Cruise Circuit	2008-09	2042.35
52.		Dooars (Jalpaiguri District)	2010-11.	Identified
53.		Kolkata Heritage and River-Front Mega Tourism Project.	2011-12	Identified

This information was given by the Minister of State for Tourism, Shri Sultan Ahmed in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

Samir/kd

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