₹500-crore plan for Hampi, Anjanadri development
The Hindu
It includes a hotel, helipad, theme park and 1,000 student-capacity hostel
Tourism Minister C.P. Yogeshwar said that the State government had planned to develop the World Heritage Site of Hampi and Anjanadri at a cost of ₹500 crore. Speaking to media representatives after holding a review meeting of his department’s key officers at Kamalapur in Vijayanagara district on Wednesday, the Minister said that the comprehensive development plan included building a three-star hotel, helipad, theme park and a hostel that could accommodate around 1,000 students. “There is 200 acres of government lands near Hampi Zoo and we are planning to build a three-star hotel there at a cost of around ₹20 crore. The bhumi puja would be performed in a week. We have also planned to build a helipad, theme park and a hostel that could accommodate around 1,000 students. We would provide the hostel facility at a very reasonable rate to students who are willing to study Hampi history,” he said.More Related News