Guv’s secretary inspects Kurukshetra’s tourist sites

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, May 2

Amit Aggarwal, secretary to Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki, paid a surprise visit to Kurukshetra today to take stock of arrangements for tourists.

He was accompanied by newly appointed Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rajnarayan Kaushik, local legislator Subhash Sudha and officials of the Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB).

They inspected Satkar, the only subsidised eatery run by the KDB in the district, and tourist centres.

On April 24, The Tribune had highlighted poor upkeep of pilgrimage centres and inadequate civic infrastructure in the city.

Aggarwal, also the ex-officio member secretary of the KDB, held a closed-door meeting with district officials and KDB functionaries. He asked for details of development plans and asked them to upgrade tourist facilities in a time-bound manner.

The Governor’s secretary directed the KDB and district administration to ensure maintenance of pilgrim sites and other tourist destinations in the district.

Sources, meanwhile, said the KDB was planning to rope in Kurukshetra University’s Department of Tourism and Hotel Management to start short-term professional courses on tourist guides.

The meeting discussed plans to clean Brahma Sarovar and launch a mobile phone application giving information about pilgrim and archaeological sites.