Not a single kiosk, out of the ones set up by the state tourism department at railway station, Nepal House, mini secretariat and the office of tourism department, is functioning in Ranchi.
Even 'World Tourism Day' on Thursday saw a complete negligence for the tourism kiosks. Although there is an information kiosk installed just outside the Jharkhand tourism stall at the railway station, it never serves any purpose as per a report in TOI.
The mini secretariat and Nepal House too are facing the same problem. Dust laden and with broken glass shield, the kiosks have now become happy homes for spiders to spin their web. There was not a single concerned official from the different departments who were frequently passing by the kiosk. "I have been posted here for the last two years. Since then I found the kiosk not working. I tried to use it once," said an employee of the labour department. Hotel Ashoka, joint venture of India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd doesn't have any such system for providing information.
"Madhya Pradesh is the state where such kiosks set up for tourist information is working properly. But we don't have such a system here in our state. If the government provides such a facility free of cost then we are ready to install it at our hotel.
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