South Haryana heritage circuit to be developed as global tourist destination
The Madhogarh-Mahendragarh- Narnaul-Rewari heritage circuit in south Haryana would soon be developed as a global tourism destination under the central government’s Swadesh Darshan Scheme, said Haryana Tourism Minister Ram Bilas Sharma. The minister also said that a sum of Rs 100 crore would be spent on developing the circuit.
The state tourism minister had discussed the matter with Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons in Delhi recently. He is also planning to meet officials of the tourism department today at Madhogarh Fort to discuss the roadmap for the project. The fort is located on top of Madhogarh Hill in the Aravalli mountain range in Mahendragarh district.
“The state government is always interested in developing this area as a tourist hotspot. Wherever tourism is developed, the area automatically gets developed,” Sharma said.
The minister also said that developing the circuit as a tourist destination would provide job opportunities to residents of the area. With the development of the heritage circuit, not only the districts of Mahendergarh and would benefit but the neighbouring districts of and Gurgaon too would gain