New Delhi: India signed an agreement on a loan of $ 126.42 million with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support sustainable tourism and rural development in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal District, one of the most air -conditioned and most professional regions.
The TEHRI LAKE project is expected to benefit more than 87,000 locals and 2.7 million annual visitors. It upgrades the infrastructure, improves hygiene and waste management and strengthens the readiness for disasters in the region susceptible to landslides.
“Remarkable features include a grant program for comparing livelihoods to promote tourism led by women, youth and micro, small and medium -sized businesses, a universal approach design, including people with disabilities and risk management initiatives in pilot villages.”
The project comes as a result of lightning floods and cloudbursts that beat Uttarakhand last month. Uttarkashi’s Dharai Village and Sukhi Top were among the worst hit, while RudraPrayag, Chamoli, Tehri Garhwal, Bageshwar, Pitchhoragarh, Pauri Garhwal, and in the face of landslides with face landslides.
The loan agreement was signed by Juhi Mukherjee, a joint secretary, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Finance and Kai Wei Yeo, sent an officer, India Resident Mission, Adb.
According to the Ministry, the project will deploy climate -resistant and solutions based on nature -resistant and flood -based landscape -based solutions while supporting inclusive tourism. Women, youth and micro, small and medium -sized enterprises will play a central role through a grant program and pilots for risks management.
“The ADB loan supports Uttarakhand’s policy government to build a state as a diversified tourist destination for tourism in any weather, with Lake Tehri marked as a priority area for development,” Mukherjee said after signing a loan agreement.
“The project presents a model for a sustainable tourism, anchored around the hydropower lake by receiving a multisector approach to job creation, diversification of income and climate resistance,” added Adb’s Yeo.
The ADB said the initiative will support sustainable tourism through planning, building capacities and inclusive, inclusive climate-resistant devices-post-Panemic recovery, diversification of rural income and environmental revenue. By coordinating the development of rural tourism with land -use planning of land and water for water energy, it will also contribute to international procedures for planning rural tourism.
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