18 May 2015, 07:19 am
Under Swadesh Darshan, the following five circuits have been identified for development:-
(i) North East Circuit
(ii) Buddhist Circuit
(iii) Himalayan Circuit
(iv) Coastal Circuit
(v) Krishna Circuit
Under PRASAD, initially twelve cities have been identified namely Ajmer, Amritsar, Amravati, Dwarka, Gaya, Kedarnath, Kamakhaya, Kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi and Velankanni.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge), Culture (Independent Charge), and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma in reply to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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