Bithoor, a religious township of Kannpur Nagar, to be developed as tourist spot spending Rs. 100 crore

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Bithoor, a religious township of Kannpur Nagar, will be developed as a tourist spot spending Rs. 100 crore under the Arth Ganga project.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has named this project as Arth Ganga project. This project will see districts along the stream of river Ganga to be connected with a row-pass cruise. The cruise will carry passengers, and also work as freight carriers. Officials are hoping that after this service, business in the districts located on the bank of the river would amplify.

According to Anupam Srivastava, tourism officer, “The tourism department will decorate the ghats of the Ganga and depict the history of Bithoor. Brahmawart Ghat, Pathar Ghat, Druv Teela and other places would be decorated with solar lights and saplings of various species will be planted. Moreover, a Ganga nursery would be set up in which medicinal plants would be grown.”

“The Central government is spending a lot of money in cleaning the river under the Namami Gange project and the ghats of Bithoor have been renovated from the funds released under the project. However, this was not sufficient in view of the tourist department. To attract more tourists, some more development is needed,” Mr. Srivastava added.

Under this project, one ghat each from Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), Bithoor (Kanpur) and Bhagalpur (Bihar) have been selected to improve them from a tourist point of view. Besides local craft and culture, local recipes will be brought to the limelight. Bithoor is a religious as well as a historical place. Therefore, it would hold a special attraction for religious tourists.

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