Lok Sabha Question No. 4217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Construction of Yatri Niwas
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4217 ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF YATRI NIWAS

## 4217. SHRI OM BIRLA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Yatri-Niwas set up, especially in the backward and  rural  areas  of  the  country  as  on  date,  location-wise  and State-wise;
- (b) whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  construct  Yatri-Niwas  in various States during the current fiscal year;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has revived the scheme for providing central  financial  assistance  for  construction  of  Yatri-Niwas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

(a) to (e): Development of accommodation infrastructure is primarily  the  responsibility  of  the  concerned  State  Government/UT Administration.

The scheme of the Ministry of Tourism for providing financial assistance  for  construction  of  Yatri  Niwas  has  been  discontinued from the 10 th  Plan onwards.

The State-wise and location-wise details of Yatri  Niwas sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism during the 8 th  and 9 th  Plan are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4217 ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF YATRI NIWAS.

Projects sanctioned by Ministry of Tourism for Yatri Niwas during 8 th and 9 th  Plans.

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State/UT   |   No. of Projects | Location                                                    |                                                                                                      |
|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar      |                 1 | (i)                                                         | Karmatang                                                                                            |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh         |                 7 | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii)                          | Arraku Valley Vishakapatnam Tirupati Yodagirigutta, Horsely Hills Tirumala-Tirupathi Nagarjuna Sagar |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                 2 | (i) (ii)                                                    | Bameng Roing (Dibang) Valley                                                                         |
|         4 | Assam                  |                 3 | (i) (ii) (iii)                                              | Barpeta Bhuban Hills, Silchar Batadrawa                                                              |
|         5 | Himachal Pradesh       |                 4 | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)                                         | Deotridh Jawalamukhi Bharmour Dharamshala                                                            |
|         6 | Jammu & Kashmir        |                 3 | (i) (ii) (iii)                                              | Vaishno Devi Baba Rishi Patnitop                                                                     |
|         7 | Karnataka              |                10 | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) Talakad, | Dharwar Gulbarga Bijapur Maravanthe Udipi Hampi Hassan Yellammanagudda Sravanabelagola Mysore        |

|   8. | Kerala         |   6 | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi)   | Peerumedu Calicut Malayattur Alleppey Kondotti Kumily   |
|------|----------------|-----|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|    9 | Madhya Pradesh |   1 | (i)                            | Hossangabad                                             |
|   10 | Maharashtra    |   1 | (i)                            | Jothiba, Kolhapur                                       |
|   11 | Manipur        |   1 | (i)                            | Imphal                                                  |
|   12 | Orissa         |   4 | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)            | Puri Chandipur Satpuda (Chilka Lake) Konark             |
|   13 | Punjab         |   1 | (i)                            | Fatehgarh Sahib                                         |
|   14 | Tamil Nadu     |   3 | (i) (ii) (iii)                 | Rameshwaram Samayapuram Tiruvananmalai                  |
|   15 | Uttarakhand    |   2 | (i) (ii)                       | Gauchar Guptkashi (Rudraprayag)                         |
|   16 | West Bengal    |   1 | (i)                            | New Jalpaiguri                                          |

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