Lok Sabha Question No. 5112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Status of Proposals Received from Odisha under PRASHAD Scheme
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.+5112 ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## STATUS OF PROPOSALS RECEIVED FROM ODISHA UNDER

## PRASHAD SCHEME

## †5112. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the  names  of  States  included  in  the  'National  Mission  on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive' (PRASHAD) along with the details thereof;
- (b) the  status  of  the  proposal  received  from  the  Government  of Odisha under the said scheme;
- (c) whether other religious places are likely to be included in the said scheme in future; and
- (d) the details of the funds allocated and spent by the Government under  the  PRASHAD  Scheme  across  the  country  including Odisha?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF TOURISM                                (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a),(b)&(d):  State-wise details of the projects approved under PRASHAD Scheme on the  basis  of  the  project  proposals  received from  the  respective  State  Governments,  including  the  State  of Odisha, approved costs and the funds released is available at the

Annexure.

(c): Approval  of  new  projects  under  PRASHAD  Scheme  is  a continuous  process  which  is  done  on  receipt  of  the  projects proposals  from  the  respective  State  Governments/Union  Territory

Administrations in adherence to the Scheme Guidelines.

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ANNEXURE STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5112 ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022 REGARDING STATUS OF PROPOSALS RECEIVED FROM ODISHA UNDER PRASHAD SCHEME

## LIST  OF  THE  PROJECTS  APPROVED  UNDER  PRASHAD  SCHEME  OF  THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM, SANCTIONED COSTS AND THE FUNDS RELEASED

| State/UTs                | Project Nos              | Name of the Project                                                                | Year of Sanction         | Approved cost (Cr.₹)     | Amount Released (Cr.₹)   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| List of ongoing projects | List of ongoing projects | List of ongoing projects                                                           | List of ongoing projects | List of ongoing projects | List of ongoing projects |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 1.                       | Development of Amaravati Town, Guntur District as a Tourist Destination**          | 2015-16                  | 27.77                    | 27.77                    |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 2.                       | Development of Srisailam Temple**                                                  | 2017-18                  | 43.08                    | 43.08                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 3.                       | Development of Parasuram Kund, Lohit Distt.                                        | 2020-21                  | 37.88                    | 7.34                     |
| Assam                    | 4.                       | Development of Kamakhya Temple and Pilgrimage Destination in and around Guwahati** | 2015-16                  | 29.80                    | 29.80                    |
| Bihar                    | 5.                       | Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple, Gaya, Bihar**                 | 2014-15                  | 4.27                     | 2.91                     |
| Bihar                    | 6.                       | Development at Patna Sahib**                                                       | 2015-16                  | 41.54                    | 33.23                    |
| Chhattisgarh             | 7.                       | Development of Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple, Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh  | 2020-21                  | 43.33                    | 21.45                    |
| Gujarat                  | 8.                       | Development of Dwarka**                                                            | 2016-17                  | 13.08                    | 10.46                    |
| Gujarat                  | 9.                       | Pilgrimage Amenities at Somnath**                                                  | 2016-17                  | 45.36                    | 45.36                    |
| Gujarat                  | 10.                      | Development of Promenade at Somnath under PRASHAD Scheme**                         | 2018-19                  | 47.12                    | 44.76                    |
| Gujarat                  | 11.                      | Development of Pilgrim Plaza with Queue Management Complex at                      | 2021-22                  | 49.97                    | NIL                      |

|                 |    | Somnath Gujarat                                                                                                        |         |       |       |
|-----------------|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|-------|
| Haryana         | 12 | Development of Nada Saheb Gurudwara and Mata Mansha Devi Temple in Panchkula District                                  | 2019-20 | 49.52 | 28.77 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 13 | Development at Hazratbal,                                                                                              | 2016-17 | 40.46 | 32.37 |
| Jharkhand       | 14 | Development of Baidyanathji Dham, Deoghar                                                                              | 2018-19 | 39.13 | 31.23 |
| Kerala          | 15 | Development at Guruvayur Temple**                                                                                      | 2016-17 | 46.14 | 36.91 |
| Madhya          | 16 | Development of Omkareshwar                                                                                             | 2017-18 | 44.83 | 35.87 |
| Pradesh         | 17 | Development of Amarkantak                                                                                              | 2020-21 | 49.99 | 4.86  |
| Maharashtra     | 18 | Development of Trimbakeshwar                                                                                           | 2017-18 | 37.81 | 19.28 |
| Meghalaya       | 19 | Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation in Meghalaya                                                                    | 2020-21 | 29.32 | 8.80  |
| Nagaland        | 20 | Development of Pilgrimage Infrastructure in Nagaland                                                                   | 2018-19 | 25.26 | 20.06 |
| Odisha          | 21 | Infrastructure Development at Puri, Shree Jagannath Dham - Ramachandi - Prachi River front at Deuli under Mega Circuit | 2014-15 | 50    | 10.00 |
|                 | 22 | Development of KarunaSagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar **                                                                | 2015-16 |  6.4  | 6.40  |
| Punjab          | 23 | Development of Chamkaur Sahib at Rupar, Punjab under PRASHAD Scheme                                                    | 2021-22 | 31.57 | NIL   |
| Rajasthan       | 24 | Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer                                                                                | 2015-16 | 32.64 | 26.11 |
| Sikkim          | 25 | Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation at Four Patron Saints,                                                          | 2020-21 | 33.32 | 18.50 |

|               |     | Yuksom                                                                                                                   |         |         |        |
|---------------|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|--------|
| Tamil Nadu    | 26. | Development of Kanchipuram**                                                                                             | 2016-17 |   13.99 |  13.99 |
|               | 27. | Development of Vellankani**                                                                                              | 2016-17 |    4.86 |   4.86 |
| Telangana     | 28. | Development of Jogulamba Devi Temple, Alampur                                                                            | 2020-21 |   36.73 |  10.27 |
| Tripura       | 29. | Development of Tripura Sundari Temple, Udaipur                                                                           | 2020-21 |   37.84 |  10.59 |
| Uttarakhand   | 30. | Integrated Development of Kedarnath**                                                                                    | 2015-16 |   34.77 |  34.77 |
|               | 31. | Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage Facilitation in Badrinath Ji Dham (Uttarakhand) under PRASHAD Scheme        | 2018-19 |   39.24 |  20.79 |
|               | 32. | Augmentation of Pilgrimage Infrastructure Facilities and Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham in Uttarakhand under PRASHAD Scheme | 2021-22 |   54.36 |  14.06 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 33. | Development of Mathura- Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)**                                                      | 2014-15 |   14.93 |  10.38 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 34. | Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at Vrindavan, Distt. Mathura**                                               | 2014-15 |    9.36 |   9.36 |
|               | 35. | Development of Varanasi -Phase -I**                                                                                      | 2015-16 |   20.4  |  16.32 |
|               | 36. | Cruise Tourism in River Ganga, Varanasi                                                                                  | 2017-18 |   10.72 |   8.57 |
|               | 37. | Development of Varanasi Under Prashad Scheme - Phase II                                                                  | 2017-18 |   44.6  |  31.77 |
|               | 38. | Development of Infrastructure facilities at Govardhan, Mathura, UP                                                       | 2018-19 |   39.74 |  30.97 |
| West Bengal   | 39. | Development of Belur                                                                                                     | 2016-17 |   30.03 |  23.39 |
|               |     | ** Projects completed                                                                                                    | Total   | 1291.16 | 785.42 |

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