[Bidar] Tourism department sanctions Rs. 3 crore

Bidar: The State Government will develop the historical Ali Barid garden and the scenic Papnash Temple at a cost of Rs. 3 crore.
“We will develop gardens, walkways and shelters in these places of tourist importance. We will also improve the approach roads to these places,” Deputy Commissioner Sameer Shukla told presspersons here on Tuesday.
Principal Secretary of Tourism K. Jothiramalingam, who visited these places recently, has promised that works at Ali Barid will get Rs. 2 crore and those at Papnash Temple will get Rs. 1 crore, he said.
The Tourism Department will also develop historical monuments at Choukhandi and Ashtur. The Government has already released Rs. 40 lakh for this purpose. The Barid Shahi garden will be beautified further. A fountain would be installed, footpath will be built and monuments will be electrified.
Mr. Shukla also said that the swimming pool at the Zilla Bal Bhavan will be completed soon. He said the indoor stadium that was being built at the cost of Rs. 4.57 crore near the Nehru Stadium would be completed in three to four months.
Work on the road linking the Ring Road to the Narsimha Zarni Temple would start soon. Work on the Chikpet-Aliabad-Naubad road had begun. The first phase will be completed soon, he said. Also, a road would be built between the Veterinary University and Humnabad main road, he added.