Centre offers Rs 100 Cr rafting base point to Rishikesh
The renowned international Yoga destination and gateway to the Chardham pilgrimage, Rishikesh is set to come up as a mega rafting base of the country.
The renowned international Yoga destination and gateway to the Chardham pilgrimage, Rishikesh is set to come up as a mega rafting base of the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that development projects worth over ₹2 lakh crore are in progress in Uttarakhand, with central grants to the state doubling over the past 10 years. Modi assured that the Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail link will be completed by 2026.
The state tourism department has trained 14 women as white water river rafting guides under its special scheme aimed at making them self-reliant. Department officials said that the trained women rafters will now be registered as official representatives to regulate rafting activities on the Ganga River
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Vishnoi informed that this exclusive tailor-made training is being organized in collaboration with Jaipuria Institute of Management from October 4th to October 6th, 2023.
According to officials, the water level of the river Ganga at the Parmarth Niketan Ghat has declined in the past twenty-four hours.
SDRF teams carried out rescue operations throughout the night in areas like Kharasrot, IDPL Colony, Laxmanjhula area, Ambagh and Bhogpur in Rishikesh.
The lifeless body of 19-year-old Ankita, who worked as a receptionist at a resort run by Pulkit Arya, was recovered from the Chilla canal in Rishikesh on September 24.
Anger over the Ankita Bhandari death case poured onto the streets as the locals on Sunday blocked the Badrinath Rishikesh highway area in front of the base hospital where Ankita's remains are kept.
On Saturday, Vanatara resort in Rishikesh owned by expelled BJP leader Vinod Arya's son Pulkit Arya, who is an accused in the Ankita Bhandari murder case, was set on fire by angry locals.
