'Will improve infrastructure to attract tourists in Kasauli'

Tourism Complex and Geo museum will also come up in the fascinating hill town

PTI | September 13, 2011



To attract more tourists at Kasauli, a Rs 8.66 crore Tourism Complex and Geo museum would come up in the fascinating hill town besides improving basic infrastructure facilities, chief minister P K Dhumal said on Tuesday.

Laying the foundation of the new complex at Ross Common's at Kasauli, he said that a sum of Rs 10-lakh would be spent on maintenance of four historical churches at Kasauli and National History Museum and Geo Park would also be set up at the same location.

He said that with the establishment of Geo Park, Himachal would become the first state in the country where study material of historical importance relating to geology would be available for study and research.

The chief minister said that Rs 17 crore were being spent on various tourism activities in Solan district which included Rs 4.20 crore on Solan Tourism Circuit, Rs 4.80 crore on Chail Circuit, Rs 7.05 crore on Jubbarhatti-Arki-Nalagarh circuit, and Rs 70 lakh on Rural Tourism Circuit.

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