With Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu kicking off his week-long trip across Kangra, often regarded as the most politically significant district, the principal Opposition BJP hit out at the Congress over “not giving Kangra its due political share”.
Mr. Sukhu, on the first day of his visit in Dharamshala, on Tuesday reviewed the tourism and other flagship projects being executed in Kangra. Stressing the need to develop Kangra as the ‘tourism capital’ of the State, the Chief Minister emphasised the revival of traditional tourist destinations.
He said the State government was promoting water tourism, adventure tourism, religious and health tourism in Kangra district and would spend about ₹3,000 crore to develop infrastructure. “Air connectivity is essential to develop the Kangra district as the tourism capital and to achieve the same, the expansion of Kangra airport and construction of heliports in Rakkar and Palampur were under way,” he said.
