Pitchuka Lanka to get ₹250 cr. tourism resort under PPP mode
The Hindu
The Godavari island is home to blackbuck
The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department is set to construct a resort at Pitchuka Lanka, an island in the Godavari river, and home for blackbuck, in East Godavari district.
The Indian antelope (blackbuck – antilope cervicapra) thrives on the island near the Sir Arthur Cotton barrage and is facing a grave threat of poaching. In 2017, three blackbucks have been found killed on the island.
Tourism Minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao announced that the Tourism Department was all set to construct a resort at a cost of ₹250 crore in public-private partnership (PPP) mode on the island as part of the State government’s new investor-friendly policy. On the tourism projects in Visakhapatnam, Mr. Srinivasa Rao said a new jetty was being constructed for tourism purposes in the port city.
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