State to execute slew of projects for Sunderbans

The Sunderban Affairs department and the state Tourism department has discussed plans to construct a tourist road that would connect the island of Kumirmari with the sea beach at Bakkhali, in the South 24 Paraganas district. This will enable visitors, especially from Kolkata, to plan a complete tour that would start from the forest island and end on a sea beach. This will be a revenue-generating model and will create employment opportunities for the inhabitants of this deltaic region”