He was speaking to press persons after inspecting the construction of a jetty to enable the tourists visiting St Mary's Island at Malpe. He said that two jetties, boat house one each at Malpe and St Mary's Island would be constructed at a cost of Rs 2 crore each.
Minister, in the presence of Paryaya Sode Mutt pontiff Vishwavallabha Theertha, laid foundation stone to a 'Yathri Niva'', to be built in the premises of Srikrishna Temple, Udupi.
Anand Singh, along with Principal Secretary of Department of Tourism Latha Krishna Rao, its Sathyavathi G, Udupi MLA K Raghupathi Bhat visited the Heritage Village, developed by Hastha Shilpa Heritage Trust, at Manipal. They discussed the possibilities of providing government help to the trust in opening the Heritage Village to the public. Latha Krishna said, “Government is ready to provide basic infrastructural facilities to the trust, provided the trust shall include the Deputy Commissioner in the Trust, as one of the Trustees”.
Minister announced to get 40 cents of land on the Manipal-Alevoor road to provide for an entry and parking facility to the tourists visiting the heritage village.
Speaking at the review meeting Minister said that Rs 55 lakhs had already been released to develop Kaup Light House area, which includes construction of a bridge, vehicle parking facilities and laying interlock surrounding the light house area.
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