Tiger and boat safari in U.P sanctuaries soon

Lucknow, Dec 30 A night tiger safari in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve and boat safari in the Katarniaghat sanctuary are being planned by the Yogi Adityanath government to give a boost to eco-tourism in Uttar Pradesh.

Invest UP has been tasked with drawing up a plan and bringing in investments into the area.

UP MSME minister Siddharth Nath Singh, vice-chairperson of Invest UP, will be leading the project and is likely to hold a meeting in this regard soon.

The minister said, "There is tremendous potential for development of eco-tourism in these two adjoining sanctuaries and with the right kind of effort and leadership, provided by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, they can be made as popular for tourists as the Jim Corbett Park in Uttarakhand."

The chief minister has given a green signal for the project, the minister said.

Also on the anvil is the development of the Palia airstrip located near the Dudhwa National Park at Palia Kalan in Lakhimpur Kheri.

As part of the larger project, this airstrip may be developed into a larger airport facility to make the parks more easily accessible from Lucknow and Delhi among the major cities.

Sources said that a major promotion campaign will also be taken up, with the tiger as the likely mascot.

Singh said that two parks probably have the largest number of endangered species of reptiles, mammals while Katarniaghat has a massive cane forest and any development will be keeping in mind that the ecology is not disturbed.

( With inputs from IANS )

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