DRNew Delhi: K J Alphons, Union Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge) has announced projects valued at Rs. 70 crore to develop religious and spiritual circuits in Meghalaya. These projects will be completed within a period between six and 18 months. “Places of worship in Meghalaya lack infrastructure. They do not have parking areas and they are not lit. Project consultants were brought here and we decided to sanction these projects,” said the Minister. The Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned Rs. 61.38 crore for illumination, landscaping, construction of parking lots and others in 37 Christian churches, and Rs. 8.61 crore for similar projects for 11 other religious groups including the indigenous religions of the Khasi Jaintia tribals of the State. The Minister said the tourism ministry has sanctioned 67 similar projects in the country worth Rs. 5,648 crore linking religious and other places. Assembly elections are due in Meghalaya early this year. The term of the current house expires on March 6.
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