The various plans of tourism ministry to develop Vizag as a mega tourism hub are now facing various issues. Of the five proposed mega tourism projects worth Rs 425 crore mooted by the tourism ministry under the public private partnership mode in the vicinity of Visakhapatnam, two have been found to be unsuitable.
These include the Rs 150 crore international convention centre project at Mudasarlova and the Rs 50 crore science and entertainment city project near Thotlakonda at Kapuluppada. Apart from these two, the ministry had also mooted a tourism park and Aarogyadham at Madhurawada as well as a Wonders of the World theme park at Endada.
According to sources, the surveyors who were in Vizag barely four days ago had visited the sites for the proposed projects and seemed to be happy with the sites allotted for most of the projects with the exception of the site at Mudasarlova and the one barely 1.5 kms from the Thotlakonda Buddhist heritage site at Kapuluppada. The two posed a problem as the former was allegedly in the catchment area of the Mudasarlova reservoir adjacent to it, while the other was to be provided access via the Thotlakonda road.
According to sources, the surveyors realised that the 20-acre Mudasarlova site was completely wedged between Mudasarlova Park, the reservoir and Kambalakonda wildlife sanctuary and was uncomfortably close to the catchment, if not as alleged inside the catchment area.
While sources in GVMC claimed that the land was allotted for such projects as it was not in the catchment zone, many concerned citizens believe that a large number of rules might have to be bent, if not broken, for some portions of this project to come true.
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