Dehradun: Secretary Tourism Dilip Jawalkar held a meeting at Rishikesh to review the preparations for the coming ‘Investors Summit’. In the meeting, Secretary Dilip Jawalkar instructed the officials of the Irrigation department, Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN), National Highway Development Authority, Police department, Nagar Palika, Haridwar Development Authority, PWD, Forest department, Tehri district administration and local administration to complete all the necessary arrangements for the summit by September 30.
He asked the irrigation department to complete the construction works at the ghats and the stairs for the “Ganga Aarti” programme to be held during ‘Investors Summit’ and Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) to complete the repair works at Ganga Resorts by September 30 so that all the arrangements are completed on time. Dilip Jawalkar asked the police department to prepare a traffic plan and asked for identification of separate routes for arrival and departure of large number of investors on different roads and deployment of sufficient number of police force for managing the traffic.
Dilip Jawalkar asked Executive Engineer, Muni-Ki-Reti that proper signage should be installed for visitors taking part in the summit and asked senior forest department officials to ensure security for those returning late at night on the roads after participating in the summit.
Secretary Tourism Dilip Jalwalkar inspected the places where the summit will be held and asked the Haridwar Development Authority to make all necessary arrangements at the place. The National Highways Authority representatives were instructed to repair the roads by September 30.
It is to be mentioned that ‘Investors Summit’ is being organized in the state in the month of October.
After the declaration of tourism as an industry, the holding of such a summit is every important. In order to attract investors to the ‘Tourism State’, Secretary Tourism held the meeting to review the preparations being made by the tourism department for the summit.
Nodal Officer K.K. Mishra, District Magistrate Tehri, SDM Narendranagar, SDM, Rishikesh, Executive Officer, Nagar Palika and officials of PWD, Power departments and officers and representatives of National Highways Development Authority participated in the meeting.
