Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has launched Swadesh Darshan 2.0 under which Chandigarh has been chosen among 55+ cities as one of the tourist destinations to be developed in the country. L&T Infra Engineering in association with PwC has been chosen by the Ministry as a Project Development and Management Consultant for development of Tourism potential of Chandigarh.
Dr Dharam Pal, Adviser to the Administrator today chaired a meeting to review the plan and preparedness of the Inception Report submitted by the PDMC in this regard. Other departments of UT Chandigarh also participated in the meeting and were asked by the chair to give their inputs and areas of concern and interest so that the same may be considered for providing an enhanced experience to the tourists visiting the city. A presentation was also given by the L&T and PwC team on the core concepts. The inception report shall be followed by Master Plans for Tourism and both hard and soft interventions. The PDMC team will be stationed in Chandigarh for on ground work.
Secretary Tourism, Ms Hargunjit Kaur also briefed the gathering and set the context. Home Secretary Sh Nitin Kumar Yadav, Secretary Culture Sh Vinod P Kavle, CMC Ms Anindita Mitra, DC Sh Vinay Pratap Singh, MD CITCO Ms Purva Garg, Chief Architect Sh Kapil Setia and Chief Engineer Sh C B Ojha also attended the meeting besides other stakeholders.
