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INS Viraat to berth at Bhimili creek
The AP Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) held successful talks with the central government officials at New Delhi on Thursday for reviving the INS Viraat project, which was thought to be shelved due to lack of funds.
Visakhapatnam: The AP Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) held successful talks with the central government officials at New Delhi on Thursday for reviving the INS Viraat project, which was thought to be shelved due to lack of funds.
Highlights:
- Tenders to be called for Rs 300 cr DPR
- Special Tourism Zone to be declared
APTDC executive director K Sriramulu Naidu, who along with principal secretary of tourism N Srikanth returned from Delhi on Friday, said that the project cost has been reduced to Rs 300 crore and all the proposals were shown to the tourism secretary in a power point presentation.
He said that this Rs 300 crore would be spent for bringing the vessel from Mumbai, construction of dry dock and development of 500 acre area surrounding it.“It has been proposed to berth the giant vessel at Mulakuddu village near Bhimili close to the creek. The entire area will be declared as special tourism zone,” Sriramulu Naidu said. The government will be announcing five such special tourism zones across the country to boost tourism. Naidu said tenders would be called for preparing Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Rs 300 crore.
As per initial plans, a convention centre and floating hotel will be constructed. However, the vessel will be docked at special jetty being constructed under Sagarmala project. Earlier, principal secretary Srikanth said his department will propose 15 integrated projects that would be easy to get partners for PPP projects.
Tour operators and travel agents who had a meeting with the collector Pravin Kumar recently said that with existing INS Kursura submarine museum and the proposed TU 142M aircraft museum close to it, INS Viraat will boost the tourism in a big way.By the end of this month, the railways will be introducing vista dome coach to Araku and in the next couple of years, the tourist footfall will definitely increase with the above proposed projects, the operators said.
By KMP Patnaik
