India: ADB to provide 95mn for tourism infrastructure development
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
In order to strengthen tourism infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh (HP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a financial assistance to the state worth USD 95 million under infrastructure development investment programme for tourism (IDIPT), stated a release. In Tranche-I, projects worth USD 33 million were approved by ADB and work is being undertaken for 20 projects by HP Department of Tourism & Civil Aviation in four districts namely Shimla, Kangra, Una and Bilaspur. The major projects of development include restoration of Town Hall and beautification of Mall Road at Shimla, Development of Tourist Reception Centre and parking at Chintpurni and development of jetty, camping sites, tracks and bird watching towers in Pong Dam area, according to travelbizmonitor.com