
Night life can be promoted to faucet tourism potential of Mangaluru metropolis, coastal cities: Karnataka Deputy CM D. Okay. Shivakumar
According to Deputy CM D.Okay. Shivakumar, commuting in Mangaluru at night time is tough as a result of a lot of the bus operators shut operations within the metropolis after 8 p.m.. | Photo Credit: H S MANJUNATH
“Mangalore metropolis is lifeless after 7 p.m. No one comes out of their homes after 7 p.m. There are not any leisure actions within the night time, besides Yakshagana and temple festivals,” Mr Shivakumar advised Byndoor MLA Gururaj Shetty Gantihole (BJP) throughout Question Hour within the legislative Assembly on March 4.
The coastal area of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts have large tourism potential owing to huge pure sources. Lakhs of individuals embark on temple tourism, seashore tourism, well being and training tourism within the area. But there are not any actions throughout the night time to entertain younger minds, he mentioned. “In reality, a lot of the metropolis bus operators shut operations in Mangaluru metropolis after 8 p.m. This has triggered lots of inconvenience to commuters.”
The Deputy Chief Minister mentioned {that a} separate assembly of legislators of the coastal area could be referred to as to advertise leisure actions throughout night time and tourism within the area.
Earlier, Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism Minister H. Okay. Patil mentioned near eight crore individuals from completely different components of Karnataka and nation tour the three coastal districts yearly. Numerous faculties and academic establishments undertake instructional excursions within the coastal area and go to temples in Kolluru, Udupi, Dharmasthala and Horanadu the place temple managements have been providing annadana (free meals).
Mr. Patil mentioned tenders have been invited to advertise funding in tourism within the coastal area.
He mentioned that the brand new tourism coverage has taken a number of measures to advertise coastal tourism within the State. A complete of 40 nodes, or tourism centres, have been proposed between Karwar and Mangaluru, as a part of a drive to develop tourism alongside the 320 km shoreline of Karnataka. Spread throughout Dakshina Kannada (4), Udupi (17) and Uttara Kannada (19) districts, the nodes can be developed with non-public partnership as hubs alongside the traces of comparable locations in Goa.
Mr Gantihole complained of lack of streetlights on Maravanthe seashore. He advised the federal government to make efforts to change guidelines associated to particular financial zones to advertise tourism within the area. Rules have been modified in Goa and Maharashtra, however no such effort has been made in Karnataka, the BJP member mentioned.
Harish Poonja (BJP) mentioned the Western Ghat area of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have a number of waterfalls, and the Forest Department ought to take steps to advertise diversification of tourism within the coastal districts.
Published – March 04, 2025 03:41 pm IST
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