Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Sabarimala Spiritual Circuit Project
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Shri Anto Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.15 ANSWERED ON 22.07.2024

## SABARIMALA SPIRITUAL CIRCUIT PROJECT

- 15 SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  projects  completed  under  Swadesh  Darshan Scheme  in  the  State  of  Kerala  including  Sabarimala  Spiritual Circuit Project;
- (b) the details of the total amount sanctioned for the development of the  Sabarimala  Spiritual  Circuit  Project  under  the  said  scheme during 2016-17; and
- (c)    whether the amount sanctioned for this project as shown in the Annual Report of the Ministry is different from the reply given to an Unstarred Question No. 1481 in the year during July, 2019 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF TOURISM    (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) to (c): The Ministry of Tourism under its Swadesh Darshan Scheme (SDS)  sanctioned  5 projects in the  State of  Kerala,  the details  and the  present  status  of  which  is  Annexed.

The    difference    in  sanctioned    cost    of  the  project  shown  in  the Annual Report 2022-23 of the Ministry of Tourism is  different from  the answer  given  to  Unstarred Question No.1481 during July, 2019 is due  to subsequent  revisions  of  the project  cost.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.15 ANSWERED ON 22.07.2024 REGARDING  SABARIMALA  SPIRITUAL  CIRCUIT  PROJECT  BY  SHRI ANTO ANTONY.

DETAIL  OF  PROJECTS  SANCTIONED  UNDER  IDENTIFIED  THEMATIC CIRCUITS  OF  SWADESH  DARSHAN  SCHEME  IN  THE  STATE  OF KERALA.

| Theme/ Year of Sanction    | Project                                                                                                                         |   Sanctioned Amount (Rs. in Crore) | Physical completion Status   |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Eco Circuit/ 2015-16       | Development of Pathanamthitta- Gavi- Vagamon- Thekkady                                                                          |                              64.08 | Complete                     |
| Spiritual Circuit/ 2016-17 | Development of Sabarimala - Erumeli-Pampa-Sannidhanam                                                                           |                              46.54 | Complete                     |
| Spiritual Circuit/ 2016-17 | Development of Sree Padmanabha Arnamula                                                                                         |                              78.08 | Complete                     |
| Rural Circuit/ 2018-19     | Development of Malanad Malabar Cruise Tourism Project                                                                           |                              57.35 | Complete                     |
| Spiritual Circuit/ 2018-19 | Development Sivagiri Sree Narayana Guru Ashram- Arruvipuram- Kunnumpara Sree Subrahmania- Chembazhanthi Sree Narayana Gurukulam |                              66.42 | Ongoing                      |

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