The project for development of Chhindwara as a Tourist Circuit in Madhya Pradesh, with Central Financial Assistance from Government of India was launched on September 21, 2013 by the Union Minister of Tourism (Independent charge), Dr K. Chiranjeevi and the Union Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Dr. Kamal Nath. The Ministry of Tourism is continuously striving for creating better infrastructure, developing new tourism destinations and bringing them on the national and international tourism map. 

While speaking on the occasion at Khedapati, Parasia, Dr Chiranjeevi acknowledged the active role played by the Union Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Kamal Nath and informed that the Ministry of Tourism had included development of Chhindwara in the State initially as a tourist destination, in consultation with the State Government and sanctioned Central Financial Assistance of Rs. 494.00 lakh in 2012-13. 

Dr Chiranjeevi further informed that in view of the immense tourism potential in Chhindwara the scope of the tourist destination development project was agreed to be enhanced as the development of Chhindwara as a tourist circuit, with the inclusion of the famous Khedapati Mandir, Chakravyuha water falls in the Ananjangaon Harrai, development of surroundings of Pataleshwar Mandir, Chhote Mahadev Temple Tamia, Sharda Ghat Burman, Narsinghpur and Mundhara, Distt. Seoni etc, thereby considering additional funds of approximately Rs. 300.00 lakh.

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