Lok Sabha Question No. 5242 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Identification of Religious Sites in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5242 ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## IDENTIFICATION OF RELIGIOUS SITES IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 5242. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan/strategy to develop the religious tourist places in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  expenditure  incurred  in development of religious tourist places of the country, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether the Government has identified religious tourist places for development in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF TOURISM                                (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (d): Ministry of Tourism under its PRASHAD Scheme provides Central Financial Assistance to the concerned State Governments/UT  Administrations  for  development  of  pilgrimage tourism  infrastructure  at  the  religious  tourist  places  on  receipt  of suitable  project  proposals  in  line  with  the  Scheme  Guidelines. 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 Uttar Pradesh, approved costs and the funds released is available at the Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5242 ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022 REGARDING IDENTIFICATION OF RELIGIOUS SITES IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 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 |                        |                          |
| 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                                                                      | 2015-16                  | 41.54                  | 33.23                    |
| Chhattisgarh             | 7.                       | Sahib** 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 Somnath Gujarat             | 2021-22                  | 49.97                  | NIL                      |
| Haryana                  | 12.                      | Development of Nada Saheb Gurudwara and                                                   | 2019-20                  | 49.52                  | 28.77                    |

|                 |    | Mata Mansha Devi Temple in Panchkula District                                                                          |         |       |       |
|-----------------|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|-------|
| 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 Pradesh  | 16 | Development of Omkareshwar                                                                                             | 2017-18 | 44.83 | 35.87 |
| Madhya 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 |
| Punjab          | 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, Yuksom                                                   | 2020-21 | 33.32 | 18.50 |
| Tamil Nadu      | 26 | Development of Kanchipuram**                                                                                           | 2016-17 | 13.99 | 13.99 |
| Tamil Nadu      | 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 |
| Uttarakhand   | 31.   | Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage Facilitation in Badrinath Ji Dham (Uttarakhand) under PRASHAD Scheme        | 2018-19   |   39.24 |   20.79 |
| Uttarakhand   | 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 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 35.   | Development of Varanasi - Phase -I**                                                                                     | 2015-16   |   20.4  |   16.32 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 36.   | Cruise Tourism in River Ganga, Varanasi                                                                                  | 2017-18   |   10.72 |    8.57 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 37.   | Development of Varanasi Under Prashad Scheme - Phase II                                                                  | 2017-18   |   44.6  |   31.77 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 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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