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Updated: Feb 02, 2020 04:17 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has instructed the officials to take
advantage of the barrages and reservoirs constructed as part of the Kaleswaram project and develop tourist spots around the region.Holding a
review meeting at Pragati Bhavan here, the Chief Minister said he wanted tourism centres to come up all over the state after the
identification of such places, according to a statement by the Telangana Chief Minister's Office (CMO).The state government's Chief
Advisor Rajiv Sharma, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, Principal Secretary (Finance) Ramakrishna Rao, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister S
Narsing Rao, Secretary Smita Sabharwal, Special Secretary Bhoopal Reddy and others participated in the meeting."With barrages constructed as
part of the Kaleswaram project, Godavari waters will be available in abundance for several hundred kilometres
Water will be available in the river and canals all through the year
There is a dense forest area on either side of the river
Boating can be done on the river
Beautiful trees can be grown on either side of the river like the one on either side of Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir," the Chief Minister
said."A lot of land is available with the government at barrages, pump houses and reservoirs under the Kaleswaram project
In these places, a fountain musical water park can be created on the line of Vrindavan Gardens in Mysore," he added.Rao also said that
Toopakula Gudem and Dummu Gudem barrages are also being constructed along with the Kaleswaram project."There also several famous temples in
Holy places like Basara, Dharmapuri, Kaleswaram, Gudem Satyanarayana Swamy, Koti Lingala, Parnasala and Bhadrachalam are there
There are coal mines in Ramagundam and Mancherial
Tourists can be shown how coal is produced from open-cast and underground mining," he stated."Power generating plants at Jaipur and
Ramagundam can also be turned into tourist attraction places
Tourism should be developed in the state keeping in view all these points," the Chief Minister said
